BLACKBURN Rovers boss Gary Bowyer has confirmed that Hull City have made a move for Jordan Rhodes - but the club have turned down the Premier League outfit's initial offer, which is believed to have been £8m.

Hull are in the market for a striker after selling Shane Long to Southampton for £12m and have approached Rovers about their star man Rhodes.

At a press conference this afternoon Bowyer confirmed: "There has been an enquiry which has been taken to the board and the owners and that's as much as I know."

As things stand Rhodes is still in Rovers' squad for Saturday's home match against Bournemouth, which would be his 100th appearance for the club.

Speaking after his side's Europa League loss at Lokeren tonight Hull boss Steve Bruce said he was unaware the bid had been turned down before adding: "There's been dialogue at boardroom level and we'll see what comes of it.

"It's somebody who we are interested in and we've tabled a bid.

"What the situation is - as I talk to you now - I'm not quite sure until I see the powers-that-be."

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Looks like Rhodes could be off despite signing a new contract at Rovers. All it takes these days is more money in the bank for a player and although Rhodes has reiterated that he is happy at Rovers, he does not have control when it comes to the decision of the club's owners, especially if they wish to cash in.

Looks like Rhodes could be off despite signing a new contract at Rovers. All it takes these days is more money in the bank for a player and although Rhodes has reiterated that he is happy at Rovers, he does not have control when it comes to the decision of the club's owners, especially if they wish to cash in.mammamiauk

Looks like Rhodes could be off despite signing a new contract at Rovers. All it takes these days is more money in the bank for a player and although Rhodes has reiterated that he is happy at Rovers, he does not have control when it comes to the decision of the club's owners, especially if they wish to cash in.

Score: -9

reggie0008 says...2:00pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Think it's inevitable Rhodes will go, I hope we use some of the money to sign a good striker to partner Gestede, Varney and Brown are not good enough if we want to challenge for promotion.

Think it's inevitable Rhodes will go, I hope we use some of the money to sign a good striker to partner Gestede, Varney and Brown are not good enough if we want to challenge for promotion.reggie0008

Think it's inevitable Rhodes will go, I hope we use some of the money to sign a good striker to partner Gestede, Varney and Brown are not good enough if we want to challenge for promotion.

Score: 6

Its Only a game boy says...2:02pm Thu 21 Aug 14

if he goes, so will our championship status - gutted for you, no really......

if he goes, so will our championship status - gutted for you, no really......Its Only a game boy

if he goes, so will our championship status - gutted for you, no really......

Score: -7

studentrover1995 says...2:03pm Thu 21 Aug 14

He has signed a new contract during this transfer window. There should be rules against the availability of players who have recently signed a new contract because, even if the transfer does not go through, it is completely disrespectful of the bidding club to both the player for unsettling him when he has already made a decision about his future not so long ago and the club who had hoped to have ended speculation by getting the player to sign a new contract. But hey, who cares about respect in football anymore?

He has signed a new contract during this transfer window. There should be rules against the availability of players who have recently signed a new contract because, even if the transfer does not go through, it is completely disrespectful of the bidding club to both the player for unsettling him when he has already made a decision about his future not so long ago and the club who had hoped to have ended speculation by getting the player to sign a new contract. But hey, who cares about respect in football anymore?studentrover1995

He has signed a new contract during this transfer window. There should be rules against the availability of players who have recently signed a new contract because, even if the transfer does not go through, it is completely disrespectful of the bidding club to both the player for unsettling him when he has already made a decision about his future not so long ago and the club who had hoped to have ended speculation by getting the player to sign a new contract. But hey, who cares about respect in football anymore?

Score: 21

claret777 says...2:07pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Looks like he's off...normally the club come out straightaway and say he's not for sale...but this time it's been past to the owners....with the club still heavenly in debt this will pay a potion of it back...whose next ?

Looks like he's off...normally the club come out straightaway and say he's not for sale...but this time it's been past to the owners....with the club still heavenly in debt this will pay a potion of it back...whose next ?claret777

Looks like he's off...normally the club come out straightaway and say he's not for sale...but this time it's been past to the owners....with the club still heavenly in debt this will pay a potion of it back...whose next ?

Score: -7

Ewood_Mark says...2:08pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Oh dear. Just think, the chances are Fleetwood Town will be in a higher division than us next season? Looks like Venkys want to do a Karl Oyston and rob us for all we are worth, which isn't much by the way. Chicken stock, laughing stock.

Oh dear. Just think, the chances are Fleetwood Town will be in a higher division than us next season?
Looks like Venkys want to do a Karl Oyston and rob us for all we are worth, which isn't much by the way.
Chicken stock, laughing stock.Ewood_Mark

Oh dear. Just think, the chances are Fleetwood Town will be in a higher division than us next season? Looks like Venkys want to do a Karl Oyston and rob us for all we are worth, which isn't much by the way. Chicken stock, laughing stock.

Score: -22

claret777 says...2:08pm Thu 21 Aug 14

claret777 wrote…

Looks like he's off...normally the club come out straightaway and say he's not for sale...but this time it's been past to the owners....with the club still heavenly in debt this will pay a potion of it back...whose next ?

Heavenly in debt...get it ? No...neither do I...heavily !

[quote][p][bold]claret777[/bold] wrote:
Looks like he's off...normally the club come out straightaway and say he's not for sale...but this time it's been past to the owners....with the club still heavenly in debt this will pay a potion of it back...whose next ?[/p][/quote]Heavenly in debt...get it ? No...neither do I...heavily !claret777

claret777 wrote…

Looks like he's off...normally the club come out straightaway and say he's not for sale...but this time it's been past to the owners....with the club still heavenly in debt this will pay a potion of it back...whose next ?

Heavenly in debt...get it ? No...neither do I...heavily !

Score: 13

claret777 says...2:11pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Ewood_Mark wrote…

Oh dear. Just think, the chances are Fleetwood Town will be in a higher division than us next season? Looks like Venkys want to do a Karl Oyston and rob us for all we are worth, which isn't much by the way. Chicken stock, laughing stock.

No...Venkys are not robbing you...you owe them cash.

[quote][p][bold]Ewood_Mark[/bold] wrote:
Oh dear. Just think, the chances are Fleetwood Town will be in a higher division than us next season?
Looks like Venkys want to do a Karl Oyston and rob us for all we are worth, which isn't much by the way.
Chicken stock, laughing stock.[/p][/quote]No...Venkys are not robbing you...you owe them cash.claret777

Ewood_Mark wrote…

Oh dear. Just think, the chances are Fleetwood Town will be in a higher division than us next season? Looks like Venkys want to do a Karl Oyston and rob us for all we are worth, which isn't much by the way. Chicken stock, laughing stock.

No...Venkys are not robbing you...you owe them cash.

Score: -22

KHod1995 says...2:11pm Thu 21 Aug 14

What a shocker, a dingle is one of the first comments.

What a shocker, a dingle is one of the first comments.KHod1995

What a shocker, a dingle is one of the first comments.

Score: 9

TurfMoor Tom says...2:13pm Thu 21 Aug 14

And there we have it ladies and gentlemen. Our Championship status is coming to an end as the one player who has kept us up for the last two seasons gets his long awaited move. I told you all that this would happen. I told you the day he put pen to paper on his new contract with a knowing smirk that said it all. A clause allowing him to talk to a premier league club means we lose our talisman and join the ranks of the dross at the low end of the division with all our hopes pinned on a Doncaster Rovers reject stepping up his game to score the 25 goals we need to stay alive in the Championship. What a complete shambles.

And there we have it ladies and gentlemen. Our Championship status is coming to an end as the one player who has kept us up for the last two seasons gets his long awaited move.
I told you all that this would happen. I told you the day he put pen to paper on his new contract with a knowing smirk that said it all. A clause allowing him to talk to a premier league club means we lose our talisman and join the ranks of the dross at the low end of the division with all our hopes pinned on a Doncaster Rovers reject stepping up his game to score the 25 goals we need to stay alive in the Championship.
What a complete shambles.TurfMoor Tom

And there we have it ladies and gentlemen. Our Championship status is coming to an end as the one player who has kept us up for the last two seasons gets his long awaited move. I told you all that this would happen. I told you the day he put pen to paper on his new contract with a knowing smirk that said it all. A clause allowing him to talk to a premier league club means we lose our talisman and join the ranks of the dross at the low end of the division with all our hopes pinned on a Doncaster Rovers reject stepping up his game to score the 25 goals we need to stay alive in the Championship. What a complete shambles.

Score: -15

jimluftas says...2:16pm Thu 21 Aug 14

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.jimluftas

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

Score: 6

claret777 says...2:17pm Thu 21 Aug 14

TurfMoor Tom wrote…

And there we have it ladies and gentlemen. Our Championship status is coming to an end as the one player who has kept us up for the last two seasons gets his long awaited move. I told you all that this would happen. I told you the day he put pen to paper on his new contract with a knowing smirk that said it all. A clause allowing him to talk to a premier league club means we lose our talisman and join the ranks of the dross at the low end of the division with all our hopes pinned on a Doncaster Rovers reject stepping up his game to score the 25 goals we need to stay alive in the Championship. What a complete shambles.

I can't wait for the 'He's rubbish anyway' comments.

[quote][p][bold]TurfMoor Tom[/bold] wrote:
And there we have it ladies and gentlemen. Our Championship status is coming to an end as the one player who has kept us up for the last two seasons gets his long awaited move.
I told you all that this would happen. I told you the day he put pen to paper on his new contract with a knowing smirk that said it all. A clause allowing him to talk to a premier league club means we lose our talisman and join the ranks of the dross at the low end of the division with all our hopes pinned on a Doncaster Rovers reject stepping up his game to score the 25 goals we need to stay alive in the Championship.
What a complete shambles.[/p][/quote]I can't wait for the 'He's rubbish anyway' comments.claret777

TurfMoor Tom wrote…

And there we have it ladies and gentlemen. Our Championship status is coming to an end as the one player who has kept us up for the last two seasons gets his long awaited move. I told you all that this would happen. I told you the day he put pen to paper on his new contract with a knowing smirk that said it all. A clause allowing him to talk to a premier league club means we lose our talisman and join the ranks of the dross at the low end of the division with all our hopes pinned on a Doncaster Rovers reject stepping up his game to score the 25 goals we need to stay alive in the Championship. What a complete shambles.

I can't wait for the 'He's rubbish anyway' comments.

Score: -13

Rovers.1875 says...2:19pm Thu 21 Aug 14

studentrover1995 wrote…

He has signed a new contract during this transfer window. There should be rules against the availability of players who have recently signed a new contract because, even if the transfer does not go through, it is completely disrespectful of the bidding club to both the player for unsettling him when he has already made a decision about his future not so long ago and the club who had hoped to have ended speculation by getting the player to sign a new contract. But hey, who cares about respect in football anymore?

I don't want to see him go, but hey, football is football and players will leave, just glad if he does go that we have just signed him up fro a new contract, so we'll get full whack for him! Besides, he's not had the best run through pre-season and in our first 3 games, so freeing up some money to bring in another striker could be good for us! The dingles sold their best striker to another championship club last season, look where that got them....

[quote][p][bold]studentrover1995[/bold] wrote:
He has signed a new contract during this transfer window. There should be rules against the availability of players who have recently signed a new contract because, even if the transfer does not go through, it is completely disrespectful of the bidding club to both the player for unsettling him when he has already made a decision about his future not so long ago and the club who had hoped to have ended speculation by getting the player to sign a new contract. But hey, who cares about respect in football anymore?[/p][/quote]I don't want to see him go, but hey, football is football and players will leave, just glad if he does go that we have just signed him up fro a new contract, so we'll get full whack for him! Besides, he's not had the best run through pre-season and in our first 3 games, so freeing up some money to bring in another striker could be good for us! The dingles sold their best striker to another championship club last season, look where that got them....Rovers.1875

studentrover1995 wrote…

He has signed a new contract during this transfer window. There should be rules against the availability of players who have recently signed a new contract because, even if the transfer does not go through, it is completely disrespectful of the bidding club to both the player for unsettling him when he has already made a decision about his future not so long ago and the club who had hoped to have ended speculation by getting the player to sign a new contract. But hey, who cares about respect in football anymore?

I don't want to see him go, but hey, football is football and players will leave, just glad if he does go that we have just signed him up fro a new contract, so we'll get full whack for him! Besides, he's not had the best run through pre-season and in our first 3 games, so freeing up some money to bring in another striker could be good for us! The dingles sold their best striker to another championship club last season, look where that got them....

Score: 13

claret777 says...2:19pm Thu 21 Aug 14

jimluftas wrote…

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

[quote][p][bold]jimluftas[/bold] wrote:
£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.[/p][/quote]Ha ha ha...here we go....now he's off he's not prem class.... £2 million ? Might buy you Ings shoelace (1)claret777

jimluftas wrote…

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

[quote][p][bold]claret777[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]jimluftas[/bold] wrote:
£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.[/p][/quote]Ha ha ha...here we go....now he's off he's not prem class.... £2 million ? Might buy you Ings shoelace (1)[/p][/quote]Sorry...bootlace....
.so excited excuse me.claret777

claret777 wrote…

jimluftas wrote…

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

Got to say I wouldn't be that upset if he went as long as a percentage of the money went to strengthen the squad. Yes he scores a decent rate of goals but he doesn't really contribute much more. My bigger worry is that the genius track suit wearing so called manager of our club will see it as a perfect opportunity to play his bloody negative boring 4-5-1 formation!!! If that's the case I will not go and watch them again until he is removed!!

Got to say I wouldn't be that upset if he went as long as a percentage of the money went to strengthen the squad. Yes he scores a decent rate of goals but he doesn't really contribute much more. My bigger worry is that the genius track suit wearing so called manager of our club will see it as a perfect opportunity to play his bloody negative boring 4-5-1 formation!!! If that's the case I will not go and watch them again until he is removed!!dg666

Got to say I wouldn't be that upset if he went as long as a percentage of the money went to strengthen the squad. Yes he scores a decent rate of goals but he doesn't really contribute much more. My bigger worry is that the genius track suit wearing so called manager of our club will see it as a perfect opportunity to play his bloody negative boring 4-5-1 formation!!! If that's the case I will not go and watch them again until he is removed!!

Score: -18

TurfMoor Tom says...2:25pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Unfortunately we cannot reinvest even £2m in the squad whilst carrying a loss of £30m+. Thats the whole idea of FFP I'm afraid. We can only spend within our means on the proviso that we carry a maximum annual loss of just £3m. Therefore all the money received for Rhodes will be used in an attempt to convince the FFP administrators that whilst we are non-compliant we are taking steps to reduce the deficit and work towards becoming self sufficient within the next two transfer windows as the club have already planned. This is all expected. The reason Rhodes was offered the contract extension only a month ago was to ensure that we receive a decent amount for the player after we settle what we owe to Huddersfield Town which is a basic £4m plus 20% of any future add-on. We can then expect to come out with £4m, plus a saving of £2m per year on salary. I'm afraid to say we can no longer turn down this kind of money. The big worry now is that we will struggle for consistency given that Rhodes goals have pretty much singlehandedly kept us in the Championship for 2 years running. Who will step up and become our 25 goal a season striker? Luke Varney? Chris Brown? I believe we are now entering the choppy waters of sh*t creek and we've just lost our paddle.

Unfortunately we cannot reinvest even £2m in the squad whilst carrying a loss of £30m+. Thats the whole idea of FFP I'm afraid. We can only spend within our means on the proviso that we carry a maximum annual loss of just £3m. Therefore all the money received for Rhodes will be used in an attempt to convince the FFP administrators that whilst we are non-compliant we are taking steps to reduce the deficit and work towards becoming self sufficient within the next two transfer windows as the club have already planned.
This is all expected. The reason Rhodes was offered the contract extension only a month ago was to ensure that we receive a decent amount for the player after we settle what we owe to Huddersfield Town which is a basic £4m plus 20% of any future add-on. We can then expect to come out with £4m, plus a saving of £2m per year on salary. I'm afraid to say we can no longer turn down this kind of money.
The big worry now is that we will struggle for consistency given that Rhodes goals have pretty much singlehandedly kept us in the Championship for 2 years running. Who will step up and become our 25 goal a season striker? Luke Varney? Chris Brown?
I believe we are now entering the choppy waters of sh*t creek and we've just lost our paddle.TurfMoor Tom

Unfortunately we cannot reinvest even £2m in the squad whilst carrying a loss of £30m+. Thats the whole idea of FFP I'm afraid. We can only spend within our means on the proviso that we carry a maximum annual loss of just £3m. Therefore all the money received for Rhodes will be used in an attempt to convince the FFP administrators that whilst we are non-compliant we are taking steps to reduce the deficit and work towards becoming self sufficient within the next two transfer windows as the club have already planned. This is all expected. The reason Rhodes was offered the contract extension only a month ago was to ensure that we receive a decent amount for the player after we settle what we owe to Huddersfield Town which is a basic £4m plus 20% of any future add-on. We can then expect to come out with £4m, plus a saving of £2m per year on salary. I'm afraid to say we can no longer turn down this kind of money. The big worry now is that we will struggle for consistency given that Rhodes goals have pretty much singlehandedly kept us in the Championship for 2 years running. Who will step up and become our 25 goal a season striker? Luke Varney? Chris Brown? I believe we are now entering the choppy waters of sh*t creek and we've just lost our paddle.

Score: -2

Tatts says...2:30pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Let's hope that the £12M bid hasn't triggered a clause in his contract and that Venkys are stubborn about keeping him.

Let's hope that the £12M bid hasn't triggered a clause in his contract and that Venkys are stubborn about keeping him.Tatts

Let's hope that the £12M bid hasn't triggered a clause in his contract and that Venkys are stubborn about keeping him.

Score: -2

Nuttall Street says...2:30pm Thu 21 Aug 14

I wouldn't swap 25 goals a season for £12m, if that is to be the bid. In any event this unwelcome news just underlines how very difficult it is to get back up there once you have fallen out of the Prem and what unforgivable, ever lasting , and huge damage those accursed Venkys have done to this once proud club, sadly no more. How they dare to show their hideous faces at Ewood Park defeats me. Thankfully, I don't go to Ewood Park any more to bend my knee to the Venkys. VENKYS OUT!

I wouldn't swap 25 goals a season for £12m, if that is to be the bid.
In any event this unwelcome news just underlines how very difficult it is to get back up there once you have fallen out of the Prem and what unforgivable, ever lasting , and huge damage those accursed Venkys have done to this once proud club, sadly no more. How they dare to show their hideous faces at Ewood Park defeats me. Thankfully, I don't go to Ewood Park any more to bend my knee to the Venkys. VENKYS OUT!Nuttall Street

I wouldn't swap 25 goals a season for £12m, if that is to be the bid. In any event this unwelcome news just underlines how very difficult it is to get back up there once you have fallen out of the Prem and what unforgivable, ever lasting , and huge damage those accursed Venkys have done to this once proud club, sadly no more. How they dare to show their hideous faces at Ewood Park defeats me. Thankfully, I don't go to Ewood Park any more to bend my knee to the Venkys. VENKYS OUT!

Score: 21

Stone Island: says...2:32pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Ewood_Mark wrote…

Oh dear. Just think, the chances are Fleetwood Town will be in a higher division than us next season? Looks like Venkys want to do a Karl Oyston and rob us for all we are worth, which isn't much by the way. Chicken stock, laughing stock.

What an absolute BELL END you are. Seriously, you must be one of the thickest people to post on here. In fact I can only think of two other people that are as dumb as you on these pages, and for some strange reason, they are Burnley fans too.

[quote][p][bold]Ewood_Mark[/bold] wrote:
Oh dear. Just think, the chances are Fleetwood Town will be in a higher division than us next season?
Looks like Venkys want to do a Karl Oyston and rob us for all we are worth, which isn't much by the way.
Chicken stock, laughing stock.[/p][/quote]What an absolute BELL END you are. Seriously, you must be one of the thickest people to post on here. In fact I can only think of two other people that are as dumb as you on these pages, and for some strange reason, they are Burnley fans too.Stone Island:

Ewood_Mark wrote…

Oh dear. Just think, the chances are Fleetwood Town will be in a higher division than us next season? Looks like Venkys want to do a Karl Oyston and rob us for all we are worth, which isn't much by the way. Chicken stock, laughing stock.

What an absolute BELL END you are. Seriously, you must be one of the thickest people to post on here. In fact I can only think of two other people that are as dumb as you on these pages, and for some strange reason, they are Burnley fans too.

Score: 29

studentrover1995 says...2:33pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Rovers.1875 wrote…

studentrover1995 wrote…

He has signed a new contract during this transfer window. There should be rules against the availability of players who have recently signed a new contract because, even if the transfer does not go through, it is completely disrespectful of the bidding club to both the player for unsettling him when he has already made a decision about his future not so long ago and the club who had hoped to have ended speculation by getting the player to sign a new contract. But hey, who cares about respect in football anymore?

I don't want to see him go, but hey, football is football and players will leave, just glad if he does go that we have just signed him up fro a new contract, so we'll get full whack for him! Besides, he's not had the best run through pre-season and in our first 3 games, so freeing up some money to bring in another striker could be good for us! The dingles sold their best striker to another championship club last season, look where that got them....

I understand that, but I'm just taking about all players in general. There should be rules against players being allowed to leave in at least the next transfer window after they have signed a new contract. There has to be something that forces players to honour their contracts, a contract is still legally binding and in any other profession more would be done to ensure a contract was adhered to.

[quote][p][bold]Rovers.1875[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]studentrover1995[/bold] wrote:
He has signed a new contract during this transfer window. There should be rules against the availability of players who have recently signed a new contract because, even if the transfer does not go through, it is completely disrespectful of the bidding club to both the player for unsettling him when he has already made a decision about his future not so long ago and the club who had hoped to have ended speculation by getting the player to sign a new contract. But hey, who cares about respect in football anymore?[/p][/quote]I don't want to see him go, but hey, football is football and players will leave, just glad if he does go that we have just signed him up fro a new contract, so we'll get full whack for him! Besides, he's not had the best run through pre-season and in our first 3 games, so freeing up some money to bring in another striker could be good for us! The dingles sold their best striker to another championship club last season, look where that got them....[/p][/quote]I understand that, but I'm just taking about all players in general. There should be rules against players being allowed to leave in at least the next transfer window after they have signed a new contract. There has to be something that forces players to honour their contracts, a contract is still legally binding and in any other profession more would be done to ensure a contract was adhered to.studentrover1995

Rovers.1875 wrote…

studentrover1995 wrote…

He has signed a new contract during this transfer window. There should be rules against the availability of players who have recently signed a new contract because, even if the transfer does not go through, it is completely disrespectful of the bidding club to both the player for unsettling him when he has already made a decision about his future not so long ago and the club who had hoped to have ended speculation by getting the player to sign a new contract. But hey, who cares about respect in football anymore?

I don't want to see him go, but hey, football is football and players will leave, just glad if he does go that we have just signed him up fro a new contract, so we'll get full whack for him! Besides, he's not had the best run through pre-season and in our first 3 games, so freeing up some money to bring in another striker could be good for us! The dingles sold their best striker to another championship club last season, look where that got them....

I understand that, but I'm just taking about all players in general. There should be rules against players being allowed to leave in at least the next transfer window after they have signed a new contract. There has to be something that forces players to honour their contracts, a contract is still legally binding and in any other profession more would be done to ensure a contract was adhered to.

Score: 6

Stone Island: says...2:33pm Thu 21 Aug 14

TurfMoor Tom wrote…

And there we have it ladies and gentlemen. Our Championship status is coming to an end as the one player who has kept us up for the last two seasons gets his long awaited move. I told you all that this would happen. I told you the day he put pen to paper on his new contract with a knowing smirk that said it all. A clause allowing him to talk to a premier league club means we lose our talisman and join the ranks of the dross at the low end of the division with all our hopes pinned on a Doncaster Rovers reject stepping up his game to score the 25 goals we need to stay alive in the Championship. What a complete shambles.

Knob head.

[quote][p][bold]TurfMoor Tom[/bold] wrote:
And there we have it ladies and gentlemen. Our Championship status is coming to an end as the one player who has kept us up for the last two seasons gets his long awaited move.
I told you all that this would happen. I told you the day he put pen to paper on his new contract with a knowing smirk that said it all. A clause allowing him to talk to a premier league club means we lose our talisman and join the ranks of the dross at the low end of the division with all our hopes pinned on a Doncaster Rovers reject stepping up his game to score the 25 goals we need to stay alive in the Championship.
What a complete shambles.[/p][/quote]Knob head.Stone Island:

TurfMoor Tom wrote…

And there we have it ladies and gentlemen. Our Championship status is coming to an end as the one player who has kept us up for the last two seasons gets his long awaited move. I told you all that this would happen. I told you the day he put pen to paper on his new contract with a knowing smirk that said it all. A clause allowing him to talk to a premier league club means we lose our talisman and join the ranks of the dross at the low end of the division with all our hopes pinned on a Doncaster Rovers reject stepping up his game to score the 25 goals we need to stay alive in the Championship. What a complete shambles.

Knob head.

Score: 0

Its Only a game boy says...2:34pm Thu 21 Aug 14

don't worry- you got David Dunn............

don't worry- you got David Dunn............Its Only a game boy

don't worry- you got David Dunn............

Score: -7

cowabunga says...2:36pm Thu 21 Aug 14

If Hull are daft enough to pay £12m and pay his 40k wages they must have more money than sense . He wont cut it at that level .The rot has well and truly set in at deadwood park IN VENKYS WE TRUST.

If Hull are daft enough to pay £12m and pay his 40k wages they must have more money than sense . He wont cut it at that level .The rot has well and truly set in at deadwood park IN VENKYS WE TRUST.cowabunga

If Hull are daft enough to pay £12m and pay his 40k wages they must have more money than sense . He wont cut it at that level .The rot has well and truly set in at deadwood park IN VENKYS WE TRUST.

Score: -21

TurfMoor Tom says...2:37pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Stone Island: wrote…

Ewood_Mark wrote…

Oh dear. Just think, the chances are Fleetwood Town will be in a higher division than us next season? Looks like Venkys want to do a Karl Oyston and rob us for all we are worth, which isn't much by the way. Chicken stock, laughing stock.

What an absolute BELL END you are. Seriously, you must be one of the thickest people to post on here. In fact I can only think of two other people that are as dumb as you on these pages, and for some strange reason, they are Burnley fans too.

Sounds like panic is setting in amongst the plastics. Thats life in the real world when you're a poor penniliess second division club like us. Get used to it.

[quote][p][bold]Stone Island:[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]Ewood_Mark[/bold] wrote:
Oh dear. Just think, the chances are Fleetwood Town will be in a higher division than us next season?
Looks like Venkys want to do a Karl Oyston and rob us for all we are worth, which isn't much by the way.
Chicken stock, laughing stock.[/p][/quote]What an absolute BELL END you are. Seriously, you must be one of the thickest people to post on here. In fact I can only think of two other people that are as dumb as you on these pages, and for some strange reason, they are Burnley fans too.[/p][/quote]Sounds like panic is setting in amongst the plastics. Thats life in the real world when you're a poor penniliess second division club like us. Get used to it.TurfMoor Tom

Stone Island: wrote…

Ewood_Mark wrote…

Oh dear. Just think, the chances are Fleetwood Town will be in a higher division than us next season? Looks like Venkys want to do a Karl Oyston and rob us for all we are worth, which isn't much by the way. Chicken stock, laughing stock.

What an absolute BELL END you are. Seriously, you must be one of the thickest people to post on here. In fact I can only think of two other people that are as dumb as you on these pages, and for some strange reason, they are Burnley fans too.

Sounds like panic is setting in amongst the plastics. Thats life in the real world when you're a poor penniliess second division club like us. Get used to it.

Score: -7

glynners says...2:39pm Thu 21 Aug 14

claret777 wrote…

jimluftas wrote…

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

[quote][p][bold]claret777[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]jimluftas[/bold] wrote:
£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.[/p][/quote]Ha ha ha...here we go....now he's off he's not prem class.... £2 million ? Might buy you Ings shoelace (1)[/p][/quote]£0 will buy the full Ings at the end of the season, dont you worryglynners

claret777 wrote…

jimluftas wrote…

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

@TurfMoor Tom perhaps I am not explaining this clearly to you. FFP restricts the amount the owners can invest not money received from transfers. Transfer money is income. Investment from owners is capital. FFP restricts capital investment. if Rhodes goes, it won't be for less than £20m.

@TurfMoor Tom perhaps I am not explaining this clearly to you. FFP restricts the amount the owners can invest not money received from transfers. Transfer money is income. Investment from owners is capital. FFP restricts capital investment.
if Rhodes goes, it won't be for less than £20m.Richard Oakley

@TurfMoor Tom perhaps I am not explaining this clearly to you. FFP restricts the amount the owners can invest not money received from transfers. Transfer money is income. Investment from owners is capital. FFP restricts capital investment. if Rhodes goes, it won't be for less than £20m.

Score: -2

Tatts says...2:39pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Why are the Dingles getting so excited as this will strengthen one of their main relegation contenders? Seemingly, their desire to see us fail is greater than their desire to see themselves succeed. Happy to cut their nose off to spite their face. That's bitterness for you and no need to spell out why. If Rhodes does go then we need to spend at least £6M of it on a new striker and centre half.

Why are the Dingles getting so excited as this will strengthen one of their main relegation contenders?
Seemingly, their desire to see us fail is greater than their desire to see themselves succeed. Happy to cut their nose off to spite their face.
That's bitterness for you and no need to spell out why.
If Rhodes does go then we need to spend at least £6M of it on a new striker and centre half.Tatts

Why are the Dingles getting so excited as this will strengthen one of their main relegation contenders? Seemingly, their desire to see us fail is greater than their desire to see themselves succeed. Happy to cut their nose off to spite their face. That's bitterness for you and no need to spell out why. If Rhodes does go then we need to spend at least £6M of it on a new striker and centre half.

Score: 40

Its Only a game boy says...2:40pm Thu 21 Aug 14

cant think of anyone that would want to go to a team heading for League 1....

cant think of anyone that would want to go to a team heading for League 1....Its Only a game boy

cant think of anyone that would want to go to a team heading for League 1....

Score: -4

Tatts says...2:44pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Its Only a game boy wrote…

cant think of anyone that would want to go to a team heading for League 1....

Maybe that's why Burnley can't even sign decent Championship players?

[quote][p][bold]Its Only a game boy[/bold] wrote:
cant think of anyone that would want to go to a team heading for League 1....[/p][/quote]Maybe that's why Burnley can't even sign decent Championship players?Tatts

Its Only a game boy wrote…

cant think of anyone that would want to go to a team heading for League 1....

Maybe that's why Burnley can't even sign decent Championship players?

Score: 16

KHod1995 says...2:46pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Tatts wrote…

Why are the Dingles getting so excited as this will strengthen one of their main relegation contenders? Seemingly, their desire to see us fail is greater than their desire to see themselves succeed. Happy to cut their nose off to spite their face. That's bitterness for you and no need to spell out why. If Rhodes does go then we need to spend at least £6M of it on a new striker and centre half.

Nail and head. They talk about minding a gap- how about these gaps, Knocking one out over being in the PL for a second time- been there 18 times already and won it- (that's 16 more times than Burnley, for those who struggle with figures.) 12 Major trophies to Burnley's 5 (again, that's 7 more for those who don't do so well with numbers). Burnley's obsession with Rovers is absolutely hilarious, not surprised when you support such a gimp football club like.

[quote][p][bold]Tatts[/bold] wrote:
Why are the Dingles getting so excited as this will strengthen one of their main relegation contenders? Seemingly, their desire to see us fail is greater than their desire to see themselves succeed. Happy to cut their nose off to spite their face. That's bitterness for you and no need to spell out why. If Rhodes does go then we need to spend at least £6M of it on a new striker and centre half.[/p][/quote]Nail and head. They talk about minding a gap- how about these gaps, Knocking one out over being in the PL for a second time- been there 18 times already and won it- (that's 16 more times than Burnley, for those who struggle with figures.)
12 Major trophies to Burnley's 5 (again, that's 7 more for those who don't do so well with numbers).
Burnley's obsession with Rovers is absolutely hilarious, not surprised when you support such a gimp football club like.KHod1995

Tatts wrote…

Why are the Dingles getting so excited as this will strengthen one of their main relegation contenders? Seemingly, their desire to see us fail is greater than their desire to see themselves succeed. Happy to cut their nose off to spite their face. That's bitterness for you and no need to spell out why. If Rhodes does go then we need to spend at least £6M of it on a new striker and centre half.

Nail and head. They talk about minding a gap- how about these gaps, Knocking one out over being in the PL for a second time- been there 18 times already and won it- (that's 16 more times than Burnley, for those who struggle with figures.) 12 Major trophies to Burnley's 5 (again, that's 7 more for those who don't do so well with numbers). Burnley's obsession with Rovers is absolutely hilarious, not surprised when you support such a gimp football club like.

Score: 14

LittleRonnieHildersley says...2:48pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Wow amazing how many burnley fans interested in this article - who are they buying/selling? Who cares? If he goes he goes - we need a decent partner/alternative for rudy; and we need to improve/organise our defence as a priority, I'm more concerned about that to be honest, if we can't defend we won't get anywhere

Wow amazing how many burnley fans interested in this article - who are they buying/selling? Who cares?
If he goes he goes - we need a decent partner/alternative for rudy; and we need to improve/organise our defence as a priority, I'm more concerned about that to be honest, if we can't defend we won't get anywhereLittleRonnieHildersley

Wow amazing how many burnley fans interested in this article - who are they buying/selling? Who cares? If he goes he goes - we need a decent partner/alternative for rudy; and we need to improve/organise our defence as a priority, I'm more concerned about that to be honest, if we can't defend we won't get anywhere

Score: 11

Dorchester Blue says...2:50pm Thu 21 Aug 14

I cant see Rhodes wanting to join Hull somehow, with respect to them he would want to join a bigger club than them when he calls time on his Rovers career. I would hate to see him go at this stage but I will wish him luck if he does and thank him for his service to the blue and white shirt. Remarkably tallented player in my opinion.

I cant see Rhodes wanting to join Hull somehow, with respect to them he would want to join a bigger club than them when he calls time on his Rovers career.
I would hate to see him go at this stage but I will wish him luck if he does and thank him for his service to the blue and white shirt.
Remarkably tallented player in my opinion.Dorchester Blue

I cant see Rhodes wanting to join Hull somehow, with respect to them he would want to join a bigger club than them when he calls time on his Rovers career. I would hate to see him go at this stage but I will wish him luck if he does and thank him for his service to the blue and white shirt. Remarkably tallented player in my opinion.

Score: 8

TurfMoorTom says...2:51pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Richard Oakley wrote…

@TurfMoor Tom perhaps I am not explaining this clearly to you. FFP restricts the amount the owners can invest not money received from transfers. Transfer money is income. Investment from owners is capital. FFP restricts capital investment. if Rhodes goes, it won't be for less than £20m.

JUST IGNORE TURFMOOR TOM. He's a Dingle and knows he's on borrowed time so just let him froth himself up. Regarding the subject, if he goes at £12m, not ideal though that's life and in the medium term manageable. Just need to find someone effective ~£2m and ~£15k/week. Could even try Gestede and King as a stopgap.

[quote][p][bold]Richard Oakley[/bold] wrote:
@TurfMoor Tom perhaps I am not explaining this clearly to you. FFP restricts the amount the owners can invest not money received from transfers. Transfer money is income. Investment from owners is capital. FFP restricts capital investment.
if Rhodes goes, it won't be for less than £20m.[/p][/quote]JUST IGNORE TURFMOOR TOM. He's a Dingle and knows he's on borrowed time so just let him froth himself up.
Regarding the subject, if he goes at £12m, not ideal though that's life and in the medium term manageable. Just need to find someone effective ~£2m and ~£15k/week. Could even try Gestede and King as a stopgap.TurfMoorTom

Richard Oakley wrote…

@TurfMoor Tom perhaps I am not explaining this clearly to you. FFP restricts the amount the owners can invest not money received from transfers. Transfer money is income. Investment from owners is capital. FFP restricts capital investment. if Rhodes goes, it won't be for less than £20m.

JUST IGNORE TURFMOOR TOM. He's a Dingle and knows he's on borrowed time so just let him froth himself up. Regarding the subject, if he goes at £12m, not ideal though that's life and in the medium term manageable. Just need to find someone effective ~£2m and ~£15k/week. Could even try Gestede and King as a stopgap.

Score: 3

Thomas Evans says...2:52pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Food for thought. Rovers plastered Rhodes allover our merchandising and built the premise of a good season on him. Getting people buying season tickets and shirts with his name on the back and getting him to sign autographs and stuff in pre-season. Then get him to sign a new contract. Get all the players to praise his staying (Tom Cairney was chuffed he was staying) and then pull the rug out from under the team and fans by selling him. Do people really think Bowyer or Venkys have the ambition to get us promoted? If they could sell Gestede for more than they paid for him they would. Remember the transfer embargo is getting imposed on us in January so what we finish this window with we are stuck with. Defence naff. Remember Baptiste is a loan so we won't even be able to sign him later. So what we have now minus Baptiste defensively is it. Rhodes going. Leaving us with Gestede, Brown and Varney upfront. Yeah we might bring in another striker. But do people really think any money will be spent on him? Does anyone thing it will be a striker of quality? It will either be an untested striker or a older past it striker. Hell using Bowyers logic of playing defenders in different positions after ditching Dann last season we will probably end up with King upfront and no replacement coming in. What has happened over the last few years in the Championship is the systematic removal of any players worth anything of any quality. Olsson, Dann and now Rhodes. What has been left is the excuse of no money available. Balancing the books and bringing in cheap players in the hopes that they might be half decent in Conway and Gestede for very little. Bowyer has been lucky so far. But the luck has started to run out with the likes of Varney and Brown. If people don't realise how much trouble we are in at the moment then do it fast. But hey never mind. I am sure the Blackburn Rovers Action Group will make the difference they oh so promised to make huh?

Food for thought.
Rovers plastered Rhodes allover our merchandising and built the premise of a good season on him. Getting people buying season tickets and shirts with his name on the back and getting him to sign autographs and stuff in pre-season.
Then get him to sign a new contract. Get all the players to praise his staying (Tom Cairney was chuffed he was staying) and then pull the rug out from under the team and fans by selling him.
Do people really think Bowyer or Venkys have the ambition to get us promoted?
If they could sell Gestede for more than they paid for him they would.
Remember the transfer embargo is getting imposed on us in January so what we finish this window with we are stuck with.
Defence naff. Remember Baptiste is a loan so we won't even be able to sign him later. So what we have now minus Baptiste defensively is it.
Rhodes going. Leaving us with Gestede, Brown and Varney upfront.
Yeah we might bring in another striker. But do people really think any money will be spent on him? Does anyone thing it will be a striker of quality?
It will either be an untested striker or a older past it striker.
Hell using Bowyers logic of playing defenders in different positions after ditching Dann last season we will probably end up with King upfront and no replacement coming in.
What has happened over the last few years in the Championship is the systematic removal of any players worth anything of any quality.
Olsson, Dann and now Rhodes.
What has been left is the excuse of no money available. Balancing the books and bringing in cheap players in the hopes that they might be half decent in Conway and Gestede for very little.
Bowyer has been lucky so far. But the luck has started to run out with the likes of Varney and Brown.
If people don't realise how much trouble we are in at the moment then do it fast.
But hey never mind. I am sure the Blackburn Rovers Action Group will make the difference they oh so promised to make huh?Thomas Evans

Food for thought. Rovers plastered Rhodes allover our merchandising and built the premise of a good season on him. Getting people buying season tickets and shirts with his name on the back and getting him to sign autographs and stuff in pre-season. Then get him to sign a new contract. Get all the players to praise his staying (Tom Cairney was chuffed he was staying) and then pull the rug out from under the team and fans by selling him. Do people really think Bowyer or Venkys have the ambition to get us promoted? If they could sell Gestede for more than they paid for him they would. Remember the transfer embargo is getting imposed on us in January so what we finish this window with we are stuck with. Defence naff. Remember Baptiste is a loan so we won't even be able to sign him later. So what we have now minus Baptiste defensively is it. Rhodes going. Leaving us with Gestede, Brown and Varney upfront. Yeah we might bring in another striker. But do people really think any money will be spent on him? Does anyone thing it will be a striker of quality? It will either be an untested striker or a older past it striker. Hell using Bowyers logic of playing defenders in different positions after ditching Dann last season we will probably end up with King upfront and no replacement coming in. What has happened over the last few years in the Championship is the systematic removal of any players worth anything of any quality. Olsson, Dann and now Rhodes. What has been left is the excuse of no money available. Balancing the books and bringing in cheap players in the hopes that they might be half decent in Conway and Gestede for very little. Bowyer has been lucky so far. But the luck has started to run out with the likes of Varney and Brown. If people don't realise how much trouble we are in at the moment then do it fast. But hey never mind. I am sure the Blackburn Rovers Action Group will make the difference they oh so promised to make huh?

Score: 17

KHod1995 says...2:53pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Dorchester Blue wrote…

I cant see Rhodes wanting to join Hull somehow, with respect to them he would want to join a bigger club than them when he calls time on his Rovers career. I would hate to see him go at this stage but I will wish him luck if he does and thank him for his service to the blue and white shirt. Remarkably tallented player in my opinion.

His uncle is the GK coach, so I'd re-evaluate that if I were you...

[quote][p][bold]Dorchester Blue[/bold] wrote:
I cant see Rhodes wanting to join Hull somehow, with respect to them he would want to join a bigger club than them when he calls time on his Rovers career. I would hate to see him go at this stage but I will wish him luck if he does and thank him for his service to the blue and white shirt. Remarkably tallented player in my opinion.[/p][/quote]His uncle is the GK coach, so I'd re-evaluate that if I were you...KHod1995

Dorchester Blue wrote…

I cant see Rhodes wanting to join Hull somehow, with respect to them he would want to join a bigger club than them when he calls time on his Rovers career. I would hate to see him go at this stage but I will wish him luck if he does and thank him for his service to the blue and white shirt. Remarkably tallented player in my opinion.

His uncle is the GK coach, so I'd re-evaluate that if I were you...

Score: 6

claret777 says...2:53pm Thu 21 Aug 14

glynners wrote…

claret777 wrote…

jimluftas wrote…

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

If he's not sold abroad we will get a fee...due to being under 23.....that's of course if he does go....do your homework first before embarrassing yourself.

[quote][p][bold]glynners[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]claret777[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]jimluftas[/bold] wrote:
£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.[/p][/quote]Ha ha ha...here we go....now he's off he's not prem class.... £2 million ? Might buy you Ings shoelace (1)[/p][/quote]£0 will buy the full Ings at the end of the season, dont you worry[/p][/quote]If he's not sold abroad we will get a fee...due to being under 23.....that's of course if he does go....do your homework first before embarrassing yourself.claret777

glynners wrote…

claret777 wrote…

jimluftas wrote…

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

If he's not sold abroad we will get a fee...due to being under 23.....that's of course if he does go....do your homework first before embarrassing yourself.

Score: -1

Chuck Norris' Roundhouse says...2:56pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Richard Oakley wrote…

@TurfMoor Tom perhaps I am not explaining this clearly to you. FFP restricts the amount the owners can invest not money received from transfers. Transfer money is income. Investment from owners is capital. FFP restricts capital investment. if Rhodes goes, it won't be for less than £20m.

£20 million????????????? ?? Absolute COMEDY GOLD, really?? Do you honestly think he is worth more than Mario Ballotelli? Wonderful.

[quote][p][bold]Richard Oakley[/bold] wrote:
@TurfMoor Tom perhaps I am not explaining this clearly to you. FFP restricts the amount the owners can invest not money received from transfers. Transfer money is income. Investment from owners is capital. FFP restricts capital investment.
if Rhodes goes, it won't be for less than £20m.[/p][/quote]£20 million?????????????
??
Absolute COMEDY GOLD, really?? Do you honestly think he is worth more than Mario Ballotelli?
Wonderful.Chuck Norris' Roundhouse

Richard Oakley wrote…

@TurfMoor Tom perhaps I am not explaining this clearly to you. FFP restricts the amount the owners can invest not money received from transfers. Transfer money is income. Investment from owners is capital. FFP restricts capital investment. if Rhodes goes, it won't be for less than £20m.

£20 million????????????? ?? Absolute COMEDY GOLD, really?? Do you honestly think he is worth more than Mario Ballotelli? Wonderful.

Score: -1

J.C - Rishton says...2:56pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Very surprised to find its true and massively disappointed. Can't believe some Rovers fans are stupid enough to post that they aren't bothered if he goes!!! Drr, yes he may not be Lionel Messi but he scores around 25 goals every season - how on earth do you replace that??? Strikers with that kind of consistency can't be easily replaced, especially when you are in our financial position. Obviously the season would be over in so far as promotion via the play-offs - you can't finish 8th then lose 25 goals out of your squad, having not really strengthened and still compete, especially in a division when many teams have improved their squads this summer. Also, what a body blow to our other good players, Cairney, Conway, Gestede and Hanley - how are they going to feel knowing we are now playing for mid table - will they start looking for a move in the next transfer window?? The only good news if he is sold would that we may avoid a transfer embargo on 1st Jan 2015 (??) which would be both humiliating for our famous proud club and disastrous from a playing/competing perspective. Sad days indeed.

Very surprised to find its true and massively disappointed.
Can't believe some Rovers fans are stupid enough to post that they aren't bothered if he goes!!!
Drr, yes he may not be Lionel Messi but he scores around 25 goals every season - how on earth do you replace that???
Strikers with that kind of consistency can't be easily replaced, especially when you are in our financial position.
Obviously the season would be over in so far as promotion via the play-offs - you can't finish 8th then lose 25 goals out of your squad, having not really strengthened and still compete, especially in a division when many teams have improved their squads this summer.
Also, what a body blow to our other good players, Cairney, Conway, Gestede and Hanley - how are they going to feel knowing we are now playing for mid table - will they start looking for a move in the next transfer window??
The only good news if he is sold would that we may avoid a transfer embargo on 1st Jan 2015 (??) which would be both humiliating for our famous proud club and disastrous from a playing/competing perspective.
Sad days indeed.J.C - Rishton

Very surprised to find its true and massively disappointed. Can't believe some Rovers fans are stupid enough to post that they aren't bothered if he goes!!! Drr, yes he may not be Lionel Messi but he scores around 25 goals every season - how on earth do you replace that??? Strikers with that kind of consistency can't be easily replaced, especially when you are in our financial position. Obviously the season would be over in so far as promotion via the play-offs - you can't finish 8th then lose 25 goals out of your squad, having not really strengthened and still compete, especially in a division when many teams have improved their squads this summer. Also, what a body blow to our other good players, Cairney, Conway, Gestede and Hanley - how are they going to feel knowing we are now playing for mid table - will they start looking for a move in the next transfer window?? The only good news if he is sold would that we may avoid a transfer embargo on 1st Jan 2015 (??) which would be both humiliating for our famous proud club and disastrous from a playing/competing perspective. Sad days indeed.

Score: 26

Dorchester Blue says...3:01pm Thu 21 Aug 14

KHod1995 wrote…

Dorchester Blue wrote…

I cant see Rhodes wanting to join Hull somehow, with respect to them he would want to join a bigger club than them when he calls time on his Rovers career. I would hate to see him go at this stage but I will wish him luck if he does and thank him for his service to the blue and white shirt. Remarkably tallented player in my opinion.

His uncle is the GK coach, so I'd re-evaluate that if I were you...

I doubt that would play any part in any decision making... Its still Hull regardless of who is the GK coach.

[quote][p][bold]KHod1995[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]Dorchester Blue[/bold] wrote: I cant see Rhodes wanting to join Hull somehow, with respect to them he would want to join a bigger club than them when he calls time on his Rovers career. I would hate to see him go at this stage but I will wish him luck if he does and thank him for his service to the blue and white shirt. Remarkably tallented player in my opinion.[/p][/quote]His uncle is the GK coach, so I'd re-evaluate that if I were you...[/p][/quote]I doubt that would play any part in any decision making... Its still Hull regardless of who is the GK coach.Dorchester Blue

KHod1995 wrote…

Dorchester Blue wrote…

I cant see Rhodes wanting to join Hull somehow, with respect to them he would want to join a bigger club than them when he calls time on his Rovers career. I would hate to see him go at this stage but I will wish him luck if he does and thank him for his service to the blue and white shirt. Remarkably tallented player in my opinion.

His uncle is the GK coach, so I'd re-evaluate that if I were you...

I doubt that would play any part in any decision making... Its still Hull regardless of who is the GK coach.

Score: -5

milnrow claret says...3:03pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Hard to tell the real fan reactions from the trolls these days. Honest unbiased (as possible) view on it is: At 12 million plus the wages he is on you'll be able to get two or three quality players in. I'd say it's a good deal if GB has a plan in place and has his eyes on a few players. You might struggle to make the signings happen in time for the window closing but you'll almost break even on a player who has given a lot to the club since arriving

Hard to tell the real fan reactions from the trolls these days. Honest unbiased (as possible) view on it is:
At 12 million plus the wages he is on you'll be able to get two or three quality players in. I'd say it's a good deal if GB has a plan in place and has his eyes on a few players. You might struggle to make the signings happen in time for the window closing but you'll almost break even on a player who has given a lot to the club since arrivingmilnrow claret

Hard to tell the real fan reactions from the trolls these days. Honest unbiased (as possible) view on it is: At 12 million plus the wages he is on you'll be able to get two or three quality players in. I'd say it's a good deal if GB has a plan in place and has his eyes on a few players. You might struggle to make the signings happen in time for the window closing but you'll almost break even on a player who has given a lot to the club since arriving

Score: 15

SuperBlues says...3:03pm Thu 21 Aug 14

claret777 wrote…

glynners wrote…

claret777 wrote…

jimluftas wrote…

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

[quote][p][bold]claret777[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]glynners[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]claret777[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]jimluftas[/bold] wrote:
£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.[/p][/quote]Ha ha ha...here we go....now he's off he's not prem class.... £2 million ? Might buy you Ings shoelace (1)[/p][/quote]£0 will buy the full Ings at the end of the season, dont you worry[/p][/quote]If he's not sold abroad we will get a fee...due to being under 23.....that's of course if he does go....do your homework first before embarrassing yourself.[/p][/quote]Talk about embarrassing yourself your obsession of Rovers now that's embarrassing hahaSuperBlues

claret777 wrote…

glynners wrote…

claret777 wrote…

jimluftas wrote…

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

He has signed a new contract during this transfer window. There should be rules against the availability of players who have recently signed a new contract because, even if the transfer does not go through, it is completely disrespectful of the bidding club to both the player for unsettling him when he has already made a decision about his future not so long ago and the club who had hoped to have ended speculation by getting the player to sign a new contract. But hey, who cares about respect in football anymore?

I don't want to see him go, but hey, football is football and players will leave, just glad if he does go that we have just signed him up fro a new contract, so we'll get full whack for him! Besides, he's not had the best run through pre-season and in our first 3 games, so freeing up some money to bring in another striker could be good for us! The dingles sold their best striker to another championship club last season, look where that got them....

Do you not remember last season? Failed to score in the first few gamea then bagged a beace agnst Barnsley! Would be a huge loss, hes a top striker and top top professional. I dont think we would find a decent replacement.

[quote][p][bold]Rovers.1875[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]studentrover1995[/bold] wrote:
He has signed a new contract during this transfer window. There should be rules against the availability of players who have recently signed a new contract because, even if the transfer does not go through, it is completely disrespectful of the bidding club to both the player for unsettling him when he has already made a decision about his future not so long ago and the club who had hoped to have ended speculation by getting the player to sign a new contract. But hey, who cares about respect in football anymore?[/p][/quote]I don't want to see him go, but hey, football is football and players will leave, just glad if he does go that we have just signed him up fro a new contract, so we'll get full whack for him! Besides, he's not had the best run through pre-season and in our first 3 games, so freeing up some money to bring in another striker could be good for us! The dingles sold their best striker to another championship club last season, look where that got them....[/p][/quote]Do you not remember last season? Failed to score in the first few gamea then bagged a beace agnst Barnsley! Would be a huge loss, hes a top striker and top top professional.
I dont think we would find a decent replacement.bboyrovers

Rovers.1875 wrote…

studentrover1995 wrote…

He has signed a new contract during this transfer window. There should be rules against the availability of players who have recently signed a new contract because, even if the transfer does not go through, it is completely disrespectful of the bidding club to both the player for unsettling him when he has already made a decision about his future not so long ago and the club who had hoped to have ended speculation by getting the player to sign a new contract. But hey, who cares about respect in football anymore?

I don't want to see him go, but hey, football is football and players will leave, just glad if he does go that we have just signed him up fro a new contract, so we'll get full whack for him! Besides, he's not had the best run through pre-season and in our first 3 games, so freeing up some money to bring in another striker could be good for us! The dingles sold their best striker to another championship club last season, look where that got them....

Do you not remember last season? Failed to score in the first few gamea then bagged a beace agnst Barnsley! Would be a huge loss, hes a top striker and top top professional. I dont think we would find a decent replacement.

Score: 12

Roversmad says...3:07pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Don't forget rudy we already have a brill striker in rudy

Don't forget rudy we already have a brill striker in rudyRoversmad

Don't forget rudy we already have a brill striker in rudy

Score: -1

Tatts says...3:08pm Thu 21 Aug 14

J.C - Rishton wrote…

Very surprised to find its true and massively disappointed. Can't believe some Rovers fans are stupid enough to post that they aren't bothered if he goes!!! Drr, yes he may not be Lionel Messi but he scores around 25 goals every season - how on earth do you replace that??? Strikers with that kind of consistency can't be easily replaced, especially when you are in our financial position. Obviously the season would be over in so far as promotion via the play-offs - you can't finish 8th then lose 25 goals out of your squad, having not really strengthened and still compete, especially in a division when many teams have improved their squads this summer. Also, what a body blow to our other good players, Cairney, Conway, Gestede and Hanley - how are they going to feel knowing we are now playing for mid table - will they start looking for a move in the next transfer window?? The only good news if he is sold would that we may avoid a transfer embargo on 1st Jan 2015 (??) which would be both humiliating for our famous proud club and disastrous from a playing/competing perspective. Sad days indeed.

Personally I can't see this transfer embargo being imposed as it will impact too many clubs. Also, are QPR really going to pay a fine of £60M as per the FFP rules? No chance!

[quote][p][bold]J.C - Rishton[/bold] wrote:
Very surprised to find its true and massively disappointed.
Can't believe some Rovers fans are stupid enough to post that they aren't bothered if he goes!!!
Drr, yes he may not be Lionel Messi but he scores around 25 goals every season - how on earth do you replace that???
Strikers with that kind of consistency can't be easily replaced, especially when you are in our financial position.
Obviously the season would be over in so far as promotion via the play-offs - you can't finish 8th then lose 25 goals out of your squad, having not really strengthened and still compete, especially in a division when many teams have improved their squads this summer.
Also, what a body blow to our other good players, Cairney, Conway, Gestede and Hanley - how are they going to feel knowing we are now playing for mid table - will they start looking for a move in the next transfer window??
The only good news if he is sold would that we may avoid a transfer embargo on 1st Jan 2015 (??) which would be both humiliating for our famous proud club and disastrous from a playing/competing perspective.
Sad days indeed.[/p][/quote]Personally I can't see this transfer embargo being imposed as it will impact too many clubs. Also, are QPR really going to pay a fine of £60M as per the FFP rules? No chance!Tatts

J.C - Rishton wrote…

Very surprised to find its true and massively disappointed. Can't believe some Rovers fans are stupid enough to post that they aren't bothered if he goes!!! Drr, yes he may not be Lionel Messi but he scores around 25 goals every season - how on earth do you replace that??? Strikers with that kind of consistency can't be easily replaced, especially when you are in our financial position. Obviously the season would be over in so far as promotion via the play-offs - you can't finish 8th then lose 25 goals out of your squad, having not really strengthened and still compete, especially in a division when many teams have improved their squads this summer. Also, what a body blow to our other good players, Cairney, Conway, Gestede and Hanley - how are they going to feel knowing we are now playing for mid table - will they start looking for a move in the next transfer window?? The only good news if he is sold would that we may avoid a transfer embargo on 1st Jan 2015 (??) which would be both humiliating for our famous proud club and disastrous from a playing/competing perspective. Sad days indeed.

Personally I can't see this transfer embargo being imposed as it will impact too many clubs. Also, are QPR really going to pay a fine of £60M as per the FFP rules? No chance!

Score: 5

mammamiauk says...3:11pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Just been on the BBC Football website and it looks like Bowyer has told BBC Radio Lancashire that the owners are considering the bid. Like Bowyer, I thought that was the end of it when Rhodes was offered a new contract - at this moment in time, it sounds like the Rovers are in danger of losing Rhodes and he may well have left us by the time we play against Bournemouth on Saturday. As with many other Rovers fans, we will all miss you, Jordan! RTID

Just been on the BBC Football website and it looks like Bowyer has told BBC Radio Lancashire that the owners are considering the bid. Like Bowyer, I thought that was the end of it when Rhodes was offered a new contract - at this moment in time, it sounds like the Rovers are in danger of losing Rhodes and he may well have left us by the time we play against Bournemouth on Saturday.
As with many other Rovers fans, we will all miss you, Jordan!
RTIDmammamiauk

Just been on the BBC Football website and it looks like Bowyer has told BBC Radio Lancashire that the owners are considering the bid. Like Bowyer, I thought that was the end of it when Rhodes was offered a new contract - at this moment in time, it sounds like the Rovers are in danger of losing Rhodes and he may well have left us by the time we play against Bournemouth on Saturday. As with many other Rovers fans, we will all miss you, Jordan! RTID

Score: 8

Its Only a game boy says...3:11pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Roversmad wrote…

Don't forget rudy we already have a brill striker in rudy

you keep thinking that, keep thinking that......

[quote][p][bold]Roversmad[/bold] wrote:
Don't forget rudy we already have a brill striker in rudy[/p][/quote]you keep thinking that, keep thinking that......Its Only a game boy

Roversmad wrote…

Don't forget rudy we already have a brill striker in rudy

you keep thinking that, keep thinking that......

Score: -2

ZomZom@thePark says...3:15pm Thu 21 Aug 14

In peace. Bowyer said two weeks ago that he couldn't say for sure whether Rhodes would still be a blue at the end of the transfer window, so I am not at all surprised that this has not been immediately dismissed. It seems they wanted to keep his value up and try to persuade him to stay with a higher salary. Banter and nonsense aside, it will be very difficult to replace him with a cut price recruit. Nobody springs to mind tbh.

In peace. Bowyer said two weeks ago that he couldn't say for sure whether Rhodes would still be a blue at the end of the transfer window, so I am not at all surprised that this has not been immediately dismissed. It seems they wanted to keep his value up and try to persuade him to stay with a higher salary. Banter and nonsense aside, it will be very difficult to replace him with a cut price recruit. Nobody springs to mind tbh.ZomZom@thePark

In peace. Bowyer said two weeks ago that he couldn't say for sure whether Rhodes would still be a blue at the end of the transfer window, so I am not at all surprised that this has not been immediately dismissed. It seems they wanted to keep his value up and try to persuade him to stay with a higher salary. Banter and nonsense aside, it will be very difficult to replace him with a cut price recruit. Nobody springs to mind tbh.

Score: 13

TurfMoor Tom says...3:15pm Thu 21 Aug 14

RIP Blackburn Rovers

RIP Blackburn RoversTurfMoor Tom

RIP Blackburn Rovers

Score: -5

Milanista-Roverista says...3:16pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Steve Agnew, Bruce's Assistant, is Rhodes Uncle. Obviously, he wants to leave us. Just hope the deal is done quickly, so that we have enough time to find a replacement and strengthen the rest of our squad. We probable still owe Hull a few million, as I doubt we paid them 8m outright. Possible replacements - Chris Wood or Joe Garner ????? Whoever comes in will struggle to match 90 games and 51 goals. As gutted and worried as I am…. I have no problem with Rhodes leaving. He’s been phenomenal. Always gave his best for Rovers - and I respect that he’s doing the best for himself with this move.

Steve Agnew, Bruce's Assistant, is Rhodes Uncle.
Obviously, he wants to leave us.
Just hope the deal is done quickly, so that we have enough time to find a replacement and strengthen the rest of our squad.
We probable still owe Hull a few million, as I doubt we paid them 8m outright.
Possible replacements - Chris Wood or Joe Garner ?????
Whoever comes in will struggle to match 90 games and 51 goals.
As gutted and worried as I am…. I have no problem with Rhodes leaving. He’s been phenomenal. Always gave his best for Rovers - and I respect that he’s doing the best for himself with this move.Milanista-Roverista

Steve Agnew, Bruce's Assistant, is Rhodes Uncle. Obviously, he wants to leave us. Just hope the deal is done quickly, so that we have enough time to find a replacement and strengthen the rest of our squad. We probable still owe Hull a few million, as I doubt we paid them 8m outright. Possible replacements - Chris Wood or Joe Garner ????? Whoever comes in will struggle to match 90 games and 51 goals. As gutted and worried as I am…. I have no problem with Rhodes leaving. He’s been phenomenal. Always gave his best for Rovers - and I respect that he’s doing the best for himself with this move.

Score: 11

wolsty says...3:17pm Thu 21 Aug 14

bboyrovers wrote…

Rovers.1875 wrote…

studentrover1995 wrote…

He has signed a new contract during this transfer window. There should be rules against the availability of players who have recently signed a new contract because, even if the transfer does not go through, it is completely disrespectful of the bidding club to both the player for unsettling him when he has already made a decision about his future not so long ago and the club who had hoped to have ended speculation by getting the player to sign a new contract. But hey, who cares about respect in football anymore?

I don't want to see him go, but hey, football is football and players will leave, just glad if he does go that we have just signed him up fro a new contract, so we'll get full whack for him! Besides, he's not had the best run through pre-season and in our first 3 games, so freeing up some money to bring in another striker could be good for us! The dingles sold their best striker to another championship club last season, look where that got them....

Do you not remember last season? Failed to score in the first few gamea then bagged a beace agnst Barnsley! Would be a huge loss, hes a top striker and top top professional. I dont think we would find a decent replacement.

Just heard on sky sports news,OFFER FOR RHODES only been 8 million Not 12 million as reported,can't see it happening at all

[quote][p][bold]bboyrovers[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]Rovers.1875[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]studentrover1995[/bold] wrote:
He has signed a new contract during this transfer window. There should be rules against the availability of players who have recently signed a new contract because, even if the transfer does not go through, it is completely disrespectful of the bidding club to both the player for unsettling him when he has already made a decision about his future not so long ago and the club who had hoped to have ended speculation by getting the player to sign a new contract. But hey, who cares about respect in football anymore?[/p][/quote]I don't want to see him go, but hey, football is football and players will leave, just glad if he does go that we have just signed him up fro a new contract, so we'll get full whack for him! Besides, he's not had the best run through pre-season and in our first 3 games, so freeing up some money to bring in another striker could be good for us! The dingles sold their best striker to another championship club last season, look where that got them....[/p][/quote]Do you not remember last season? Failed to score in the first few gamea then bagged a beace agnst Barnsley! Would be a huge loss, hes a top striker and top top professional.
I dont think we would find a decent replacement.[/p][/quote]Just heard on sky sports news,OFFER FOR RHODES only been 8 million Not 12 million as reported,can't see it happening at allwolsty

bboyrovers wrote…

Rovers.1875 wrote…

studentrover1995 wrote…

He has signed a new contract during this transfer window. There should be rules against the availability of players who have recently signed a new contract because, even if the transfer does not go through, it is completely disrespectful of the bidding club to both the player for unsettling him when he has already made a decision about his future not so long ago and the club who had hoped to have ended speculation by getting the player to sign a new contract. But hey, who cares about respect in football anymore?

I don't want to see him go, but hey, football is football and players will leave, just glad if he does go that we have just signed him up fro a new contract, so we'll get full whack for him! Besides, he's not had the best run through pre-season and in our first 3 games, so freeing up some money to bring in another striker could be good for us! The dingles sold their best striker to another championship club last season, look where that got them....

Do you not remember last season? Failed to score in the first few gamea then bagged a beace agnst Barnsley! Would be a huge loss, hes a top striker and top top professional. I dont think we would find a decent replacement.

Just heard on sky sports news,OFFER FOR RHODES only been 8 million Not 12 million as reported,can't see it happening at all

Score: 2

milnrow claret says...3:18pm Thu 21 Aug 14

I think it's 8 outright, rising to 12

I think it's 8 outright, rising to 12milnrow claret

I think it's 8 outright, rising to 12

Score: 1

Thomas Evans says...3:21pm Thu 21 Aug 14

First we lose to Burnley at home Second we sell (will happen if it's gone to Venkys) Rhodes (Scores When He Wants)... What will it take for people to recognise Bowyer for what he is?! The reason Rhodes hasn't scored this season is because the tactics Bowyer plays isn't central to Rhodes feet. This will have left Rhodes unhappy. I don't believe the nonsense about him picking up a knock on 64 mins against Norwich by the way.

First we lose to Burnley at home
Second we sell (will happen if it's gone to Venkys) Rhodes (Scores When He Wants)...
What will it take for people to recognise Bowyer for what he is?!
The reason Rhodes hasn't scored this season is because the tactics Bowyer plays isn't central to Rhodes feet.
This will have left Rhodes unhappy.
I don't believe the nonsense about him picking up a knock on 64 mins against Norwich by the way.Thomas Evans

First we lose to Burnley at home Second we sell (will happen if it's gone to Venkys) Rhodes (Scores When He Wants)... What will it take for people to recognise Bowyer for what he is?! The reason Rhodes hasn't scored this season is because the tactics Bowyer plays isn't central to Rhodes feet. This will have left Rhodes unhappy. I don't believe the nonsense about him picking up a knock on 64 mins against Norwich by the way.

Score: 1

McClaret says...3:22pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Find it interesting how a number of posts think Hull have nothing to offer Rhodes. Cup finalists last season, decent manager with a good PL record, well backed and supported. The likelihood is he would get a chance to play at Hull as well. I don't see them as relegation threatened this season, they look like a club strengthening. Look at their buys over the past 2 seasons. Not gone yet, would be hard to replace him though.

Find it interesting how a number of posts think Hull have nothing to offer Rhodes. Cup finalists last season, decent manager with a good PL record, well backed and supported.
The likelihood is he would get a chance to play at Hull as well. I don't see them as relegation threatened this season, they look like a club strengthening. Look at their buys over the past 2 seasons.
Not gone yet, would be hard to replace him though.McClaret

Find it interesting how a number of posts think Hull have nothing to offer Rhodes. Cup finalists last season, decent manager with a good PL record, well backed and supported. The likelihood is he would get a chance to play at Hull as well. I don't see them as relegation threatened this season, they look like a club strengthening. Look at their buys over the past 2 seasons. Not gone yet, would be hard to replace him though.

Score: 0

mushypeaman says...3:22pm Thu 21 Aug 14

If Rhodes does go good luck to him. We would have been relegated two seasons ago if it hadn't been for his goals. What concerns me more is how we keep conceding goals in the final few minutes of games. It cost us dearly last year and the problem seems to still be there. Is it because Bowyer plays so negatively in trying to keep hold of a point and not lose that it invites pressure on a defence that isn't the most reliable in the world in the first place. Whatever happens I will still go. It is too late to change alliances after 64 years. Come on you Blues.

If Rhodes does go good luck to him. We would have been relegated two seasons ago if it hadn't been for his goals.
What concerns me more is how we keep conceding goals in the final few minutes of games. It cost us dearly last year and the problem seems to still be there. Is it because Bowyer plays so negatively in trying to keep hold of a point and not lose that it invites pressure on a defence that isn't the most reliable in the world in the first place.
Whatever happens I will still go. It is too late to change alliances after 64 years. Come on you Blues.mushypeaman

If Rhodes does go good luck to him. We would have been relegated two seasons ago if it hadn't been for his goals. What concerns me more is how we keep conceding goals in the final few minutes of games. It cost us dearly last year and the problem seems to still be there. Is it because Bowyer plays so negatively in trying to keep hold of a point and not lose that it invites pressure on a defence that isn't the most reliable in the world in the first place. Whatever happens I will still go. It is too late to change alliances after 64 years. Come on you Blues.

Score: 5

A Darener says...3:27pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Well at least I have enjoyed 60years of watching the Rovers minus the last 2 of not watching them. It was good whilst it lasted. Never thought I would see them win the top division, but I did. Now the owners are slowly squeezing the life out of the club. It is all downhill. But if they leave then I shall be back, irrespective of what division we are playing in.

Well at least I have enjoyed 60years of watching the Rovers minus the last 2 of not watching them. It was good whilst it lasted. Never thought I would see them win the top division, but I did. Now the owners are slowly squeezing the life out of the club. It is all downhill. But if they leave then I shall be back, irrespective of what division we are playing in.A Darener

Well at least I have enjoyed 60years of watching the Rovers minus the last 2 of not watching them. It was good whilst it lasted. Never thought I would see them win the top division, but I did. Now the owners are slowly squeezing the life out of the club. It is all downhill. But if they leave then I shall be back, irrespective of what division we are playing in.

Score: 9

J.C - Rishton says...3:30pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Milanista-Roverista wrote…

Steve Agnew, Bruce's Assistant, is Rhodes Uncle. Obviously, he wants to leave us. Just hope the deal is done quickly, so that we have enough time to find a replacement and strengthen the rest of our squad. We probable still owe Hull a few million, as I doubt we paid them 8m outright. Possible replacements - Chris Wood or Joe Garner ????? Whoever comes in will struggle to match 90 games and 51 goals. As gutted and worried as I am…. I have no problem with Rhodes leaving. He’s been phenomenal. Always gave his best for Rovers - and I respect that he’s doing the best for himself with this move.

2 great shouts in both Joe Garner (pity we let him go in the first place) and Woods who definitely could score 20 goals plus in this division and maybe available for around £2m (Wolves have recently been sniffing round him). Personally I can't understand why Leicester wouldn't want him as part of their squad. Also, would Venkys use £2 or £3m to find a replacement, we really can't tell with these muppets as they are so unpredictable and at times very illogical - those are 2 of the reasons that makes them such terrible owners.

[quote][p][bold]Milanista-Roverista[/bold] wrote:
Steve Agnew, Bruce's Assistant, is Rhodes Uncle.
Obviously, he wants to leave us.
Just hope the deal is done quickly, so that we have enough time to find a replacement and strengthen the rest of our squad.
We probable still owe Hull a few million, as I doubt we paid them 8m outright.
Possible replacements - Chris Wood or Joe Garner ?????
Whoever comes in will struggle to match 90 games and 51 goals.
As gutted and worried as I am…. I have no problem with Rhodes leaving. He’s been phenomenal. Always gave his best for Rovers - and I respect that he’s doing the best for himself with this move.[/p][/quote]2 great shouts in both Joe Garner (pity we let him go in the first place) and Woods who definitely could score 20 goals plus in this division and maybe available for around £2m (Wolves have recently been sniffing round him). Personally I can't understand why Leicester wouldn't want him as part of their squad.
Also, would Venkys use £2 or £3m to find a replacement, we really can't tell with these muppets as they are so unpredictable and at times very illogical - those are 2 of the reasons that makes them such terrible owners.J.C - Rishton

Milanista-Roverista wrote…

Steve Agnew, Bruce's Assistant, is Rhodes Uncle. Obviously, he wants to leave us. Just hope the deal is done quickly, so that we have enough time to find a replacement and strengthen the rest of our squad. We probable still owe Hull a few million, as I doubt we paid them 8m outright. Possible replacements - Chris Wood or Joe Garner ????? Whoever comes in will struggle to match 90 games and 51 goals. As gutted and worried as I am…. I have no problem with Rhodes leaving. He’s been phenomenal. Always gave his best for Rovers - and I respect that he’s doing the best for himself with this move.

2 great shouts in both Joe Garner (pity we let him go in the first place) and Woods who definitely could score 20 goals plus in this division and maybe available for around £2m (Wolves have recently been sniffing round him). Personally I can't understand why Leicester wouldn't want him as part of their squad. Also, would Venkys use £2 or £3m to find a replacement, we really can't tell with these muppets as they are so unpredictable and at times very illogical - those are 2 of the reasons that makes them such terrible owners.

Score: 2

Rovers.1875 says...3:30pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Thomas Evans wrote…

Food for thought. Rovers plastered Rhodes allover our merchandising and built the premise of a good season on him. Getting people buying season tickets and shirts with his name on the back and getting him to sign autographs and stuff in pre-season. Then get him to sign a new contract. Get all the players to praise his staying (Tom Cairney was chuffed he was staying) and then pull the rug out from under the team and fans by selling him. Do people really think Bowyer or Venkys have the ambition to get us promoted? If they could sell Gestede for more than they paid for him they would. Remember the transfer embargo is getting imposed on us in January so what we finish this window with we are stuck with. Defence naff. Remember Baptiste is a loan so we won't even be able to sign him later. So what we have now minus Baptiste defensively is it. Rhodes going. Leaving us with Gestede, Brown and Varney upfront. Yeah we might bring in another striker. But do people really think any money will be spent on him? Does anyone thing it will be a striker of quality? It will either be an untested striker or a older past it striker. Hell using Bowyers logic of playing defenders in different positions after ditching Dann last season we will probably end up with King upfront and no replacement coming in. What has happened over the last few years in the Championship is the systematic removal of any players worth anything of any quality. Olsson, Dann and now Rhodes. What has been left is the excuse of no money available. Balancing the books and bringing in cheap players in the hopes that they might be half decent in Conway and Gestede for very little. Bowyer has been lucky so far. But the luck has started to run out with the likes of Varney and Brown. If people don't realise how much trouble we are in at the moment then do it fast. But hey never mind. I am sure the Blackburn Rovers Action Group will make the difference they oh so promised to make huh?

Straight from the book Dangerous Dave wrote, so much I only read your first 2 paragraphs... Which I immediately thought, wait a minute, only an offer has come in, Venkys have yet to say yes/no to the subject.....

[quote][p][bold]Thomas Evans[/bold] wrote:
Food for thought.
Rovers plastered Rhodes allover our merchandising and built the premise of a good season on him. Getting people buying season tickets and shirts with his name on the back and getting him to sign autographs and stuff in pre-season.
Then get him to sign a new contract. Get all the players to praise his staying (Tom Cairney was chuffed he was staying) and then pull the rug out from under the team and fans by selling him.
Do people really think Bowyer or Venkys have the ambition to get us promoted?
If they could sell Gestede for more than they paid for him they would.
Remember the transfer embargo is getting imposed on us in January so what we finish this window with we are stuck with.
Defence naff. Remember Baptiste is a loan so we won't even be able to sign him later. So what we have now minus Baptiste defensively is it.
Rhodes going. Leaving us with Gestede, Brown and Varney upfront.
Yeah we might bring in another striker. But do people really think any money will be spent on him? Does anyone thing it will be a striker of quality?
It will either be an untested striker or a older past it striker.
Hell using Bowyers logic of playing defenders in different positions after ditching Dann last season we will probably end up with King upfront and no replacement coming in.
What has happened over the last few years in the Championship is the systematic removal of any players worth anything of any quality.
Olsson, Dann and now Rhodes.
What has been left is the excuse of no money available. Balancing the books and bringing in cheap players in the hopes that they might be half decent in Conway and Gestede for very little.
Bowyer has been lucky so far. But the luck has started to run out with the likes of Varney and Brown.
If people don't realise how much trouble we are in at the moment then do it fast.
But hey never mind. I am sure the Blackburn Rovers Action Group will make the difference they oh so promised to make huh?[/p][/quote]Straight from the book Dangerous Dave wrote, so much I only read your first 2 paragraphs... Which I immediately thought, wait a minute, only an offer has come in, Venkys have yet to say yes/no to the subject.....Rovers.1875

Thomas Evans wrote…

Food for thought. Rovers plastered Rhodes allover our merchandising and built the premise of a good season on him. Getting people buying season tickets and shirts with his name on the back and getting him to sign autographs and stuff in pre-season. Then get him to sign a new contract. Get all the players to praise his staying (Tom Cairney was chuffed he was staying) and then pull the rug out from under the team and fans by selling him. Do people really think Bowyer or Venkys have the ambition to get us promoted? If they could sell Gestede for more than they paid for him they would. Remember the transfer embargo is getting imposed on us in January so what we finish this window with we are stuck with. Defence naff. Remember Baptiste is a loan so we won't even be able to sign him later. So what we have now minus Baptiste defensively is it. Rhodes going. Leaving us with Gestede, Brown and Varney upfront. Yeah we might bring in another striker. But do people really think any money will be spent on him? Does anyone thing it will be a striker of quality? It will either be an untested striker or a older past it striker. Hell using Bowyers logic of playing defenders in different positions after ditching Dann last season we will probably end up with King upfront and no replacement coming in. What has happened over the last few years in the Championship is the systematic removal of any players worth anything of any quality. Olsson, Dann and now Rhodes. What has been left is the excuse of no money available. Balancing the books and bringing in cheap players in the hopes that they might be half decent in Conway and Gestede for very little. Bowyer has been lucky so far. But the luck has started to run out with the likes of Varney and Brown. If people don't realise how much trouble we are in at the moment then do it fast. But hey never mind. I am sure the Blackburn Rovers Action Group will make the difference they oh so promised to make huh?

Straight from the book Dangerous Dave wrote, so much I only read your first 2 paragraphs... Which I immediately thought, wait a minute, only an offer has come in, Venkys have yet to say yes/no to the subject.....

Score: 0

Its Only a game boy says...3:31pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Milanista-Roverista wrote…

Steve Agnew, Bruce's Assistant, is Rhodes Uncle. Obviously, he wants to leave us. Just hope the deal is done quickly, so that we have enough time to find a replacement and strengthen the rest of our squad. We probable still owe Hull a few million, as I doubt we paid them 8m outright. Possible replacements - Chris Wood or Joe Garner ????? Whoever comes in will struggle to match 90 games and 51 goals. As gutted and worried as I am…. I have no problem with Rhodes leaving. He’s been phenomenal. Always gave his best for Rovers - and I respect that he’s doing the best for himself with this move.

if his best is no goals in 4 games - you are well shot of him.....

[quote][p][bold]Milanista-Roverista[/bold] wrote:
Steve Agnew, Bruce's Assistant, is Rhodes Uncle.
Obviously, he wants to leave us.
Just hope the deal is done quickly, so that we have enough time to find a replacement and strengthen the rest of our squad.
We probable still owe Hull a few million, as I doubt we paid them 8m outright.
Possible replacements - Chris Wood or Joe Garner ?????
Whoever comes in will struggle to match 90 games and 51 goals.
As gutted and worried as I am…. I have no problem with Rhodes leaving. He’s been phenomenal. Always gave his best for Rovers - and I respect that he’s doing the best for himself with this move.[/p][/quote]if his best is no goals in 4 games - you are well shot of him.....Its Only a game boy

Milanista-Roverista wrote…

Steve Agnew, Bruce's Assistant, is Rhodes Uncle. Obviously, he wants to leave us. Just hope the deal is done quickly, so that we have enough time to find a replacement and strengthen the rest of our squad. We probable still owe Hull a few million, as I doubt we paid them 8m outright. Possible replacements - Chris Wood or Joe Garner ????? Whoever comes in will struggle to match 90 games and 51 goals. As gutted and worried as I am…. I have no problem with Rhodes leaving. He’s been phenomenal. Always gave his best for Rovers - and I respect that he’s doing the best for himself with this move.

if his best is no goals in 4 games - you are well shot of him.....

Score: 0

Chuck Norris' Roundhouse says...3:33pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Thomas Evans wrote…

First we lose to Burnley at home Second we sell (will happen if it's gone to Venkys) Rhodes (Scores When He Wants)... What will it take for people to recognise Bowyer for what he is?! The reason Rhodes hasn't scored this season is because the tactics Bowyer plays isn't central to Rhodes feet. This will have left Rhodes unhappy. I don't believe the nonsense about him picking up a knock on 64 mins against Norwich by the way.

I am guessing he got a call from Venkys on 64 minutes instructing him to substitute Rhodes immediately as they have received a bid from Hull and they needed to protect their only saleable asset. So Jordan Rhodes is going to leave Jordan Rhodes FC is he? Ouch.

[quote][p][bold]Thomas Evans[/bold] wrote:
First we lose to Burnley at home
Second we sell (will happen if it's gone to Venkys) Rhodes (Scores When He Wants)...
What will it take for people to recognise Bowyer for what he is?!
The reason Rhodes hasn't scored this season is because the tactics Bowyer plays isn't central to Rhodes feet.
This will have left Rhodes unhappy.
I don't believe the nonsense about him picking up a knock on 64 mins against Norwich by the way.[/p][/quote]I am guessing he got a call from Venkys on 64 minutes instructing him to substitute Rhodes immediately as they have received a bid from Hull and they needed to protect their only saleable asset.
So Jordan Rhodes is going to leave Jordan Rhodes FC is he? Ouch.Chuck Norris' Roundhouse

Thomas Evans wrote…

First we lose to Burnley at home Second we sell (will happen if it's gone to Venkys) Rhodes (Scores When He Wants)... What will it take for people to recognise Bowyer for what he is?! The reason Rhodes hasn't scored this season is because the tactics Bowyer plays isn't central to Rhodes feet. This will have left Rhodes unhappy. I don't believe the nonsense about him picking up a knock on 64 mins against Norwich by the way.

I am guessing he got a call from Venkys on 64 minutes instructing him to substitute Rhodes immediately as they have received a bid from Hull and they needed to protect their only saleable asset. So Jordan Rhodes is going to leave Jordan Rhodes FC is he? Ouch.

Score: -5

DanBlackburn says...3:36pm Thu 21 Aug 14

It wasn't that long ago we were chanting about "Don't sell the Rhodes...riot etc" now some on this board seem resigned to losing him? Are you all mad, talking about limited contributions other than scoring 20 plus goals. The lad is a fantastic finisher. Yes he has his poor spells like everyone but he is our poster boy and best player by a mile. If Venkys sell him then they will get a lot of people very angry after encouraging the optimism around Ewood at the moment. The clear message they will send is - you are in the Championship for good. Get used to it. Would any ambitious club sell their most talented player if they had true ambition? God I hate Venkys and what they have and continue to do to us.

It wasn't that long ago we were chanting about "Don't sell the Rhodes...riot etc" now some on this board seem resigned to losing him? Are you all mad, talking about limited contributions other than scoring 20 plus goals. The lad is a fantastic finisher. Yes he has his poor spells like everyone but he is our poster boy and best player by a mile.
If Venkys sell him then they will get a lot of people very angry after encouraging the optimism around Ewood at the moment. The clear message they will send is - you are in the Championship for good. Get used to it.
Would any ambitious club sell their most talented player if they had true ambition?
God I hate Venkys and what they have and continue to do to us.DanBlackburn

It wasn't that long ago we were chanting about "Don't sell the Rhodes...riot etc" now some on this board seem resigned to losing him? Are you all mad, talking about limited contributions other than scoring 20 plus goals. The lad is a fantastic finisher. Yes he has his poor spells like everyone but he is our poster boy and best player by a mile. If Venkys sell him then they will get a lot of people very angry after encouraging the optimism around Ewood at the moment. The clear message they will send is - you are in the Championship for good. Get used to it. Would any ambitious club sell their most talented player if they had true ambition? God I hate Venkys and what they have and continue to do to us.

Score: 11

glynners says...3:37pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Nuttall Street wrote…

I wouldn't swap 25 goals a season for £12m, if that is to be the bid. In any event this unwelcome news just underlines how very difficult it is to get back up there once you have fallen out of the Prem and what unforgivable, ever lasting , and huge damage those accursed Venkys have done to this once proud club, sadly no more. How they dare to show their hideous faces at Ewood Park defeats me. Thankfully, I don't go to Ewood Park any more to bend my knee to the Venkys. VENKYS OUT!

I wouldnt swap the goals for the money but we missed our chance to go up last season and when you have a 25 goal a season player you better hope you get promoted if you want them to stay. This is were the negative tactics in certain games comes home to roost, points thrown away in very winnable home games against Charlton, Yeovil, Huddersfield, Birmingham, Sheff Weds. 3 points from those 5.

[quote][p][bold]Nuttall Street[/bold] wrote:
I wouldn't swap 25 goals a season for £12m, if that is to be the bid.
In any event this unwelcome news just underlines how very difficult it is to get back up there once you have fallen out of the Prem and what unforgivable, ever lasting , and huge damage those accursed Venkys have done to this once proud club, sadly no more. How they dare to show their hideous faces at Ewood Park defeats me. Thankfully, I don't go to Ewood Park any more to bend my knee to the Venkys. VENKYS OUT![/p][/quote]I wouldnt swap the goals for the money but we missed our chance to go up last season and when you have a 25 goal a season player you better hope you get promoted if you want them to stay.
This is were the negative tactics in certain games comes home to roost, points thrown away in very winnable home games against Charlton, Yeovil, Huddersfield, Birmingham, Sheff Weds. 3 points from those 5.glynners

Nuttall Street wrote…

I wouldn't swap 25 goals a season for £12m, if that is to be the bid. In any event this unwelcome news just underlines how very difficult it is to get back up there once you have fallen out of the Prem and what unforgivable, ever lasting , and huge damage those accursed Venkys have done to this once proud club, sadly no more. How they dare to show their hideous faces at Ewood Park defeats me. Thankfully, I don't go to Ewood Park any more to bend my knee to the Venkys. VENKYS OUT!

I wouldnt swap the goals for the money but we missed our chance to go up last season and when you have a 25 goal a season player you better hope you get promoted if you want them to stay. This is were the negative tactics in certain games comes home to roost, points thrown away in very winnable home games against Charlton, Yeovil, Huddersfield, Birmingham, Sheff Weds. 3 points from those 5.

Score: 5

TurfMoor Tom says...3:37pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Latest rumours are that an offer of £10m up front is likely to be accepted by Venkys after Hull's opening bid of £8m was rejected. This confirms, as I aluded to earlier, that we still owe a significant proportion of the original transfer fee to Huddersfield Town and Venkys want to come out of the deal with more than just a few million once we have settled the original fee. For those who think he wont jump at the chance of a move to a stable (wink wink) premier league club, wake up and smell the poultry. Rhodes will never see the top flight with us and should FFP have the devastating and lasting effect that I believe it will then this opportunity may never come around for him again as we're already struggling to get the best out of him under Bowyer woeful tactics. His value will only drop when we are under a transfer embargo and Hull can therefore not be held to ransom, they know we have to sell. We wont be allowed to replace him as the funds will be channelled into offsetting our losses. We need to move on and accept that this season is going to be one almighty struggle with the likelihood that more of our better players will be following Rhodes out of the door in January.

Latest rumours are that an offer of £10m up front is likely to be accepted by Venkys after Hull's opening bid of £8m was rejected. This confirms, as I aluded to earlier, that we still owe a significant proportion of the original transfer fee to Huddersfield Town and Venkys want to come out of the deal with more than just a few million once we have settled the original fee. For those who think he wont jump at the chance of a move to a stable (wink wink) premier league club, wake up and smell the poultry. Rhodes will never see the top flight with us and should FFP have the devastating and lasting effect that I believe it will then this opportunity may never come around for him again as we're already struggling to get the best out of him under Bowyer woeful tactics. His value will only drop when we are under a transfer embargo and Hull can therefore not be held to ransom, they know we have to sell.
We wont be allowed to replace him as the funds will be channelled into offsetting our losses.
We need to move on and accept that this season is going to be one almighty struggle with the likelihood that more of our better players will be following Rhodes out of the door in January.TurfMoor Tom

Latest rumours are that an offer of £10m up front is likely to be accepted by Venkys after Hull's opening bid of £8m was rejected. This confirms, as I aluded to earlier, that we still owe a significant proportion of the original transfer fee to Huddersfield Town and Venkys want to come out of the deal with more than just a few million once we have settled the original fee. For those who think he wont jump at the chance of a move to a stable (wink wink) premier league club, wake up and smell the poultry. Rhodes will never see the top flight with us and should FFP have the devastating and lasting effect that I believe it will then this opportunity may never come around for him again as we're already struggling to get the best out of him under Bowyer woeful tactics. His value will only drop when we are under a transfer embargo and Hull can therefore not be held to ransom, they know we have to sell. We wont be allowed to replace him as the funds will be channelled into offsetting our losses. We need to move on and accept that this season is going to be one almighty struggle with the likelihood that more of our better players will be following Rhodes out of the door in January.

Score: -15

hasslem hasslem says...3:40pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Thomas Evans wrote…

Food for thought. Rovers plastered Rhodes allover our merchandising and built the premise of a good season on him. Getting people buying season tickets and shirts with his name on the back and getting him to sign autographs and stuff in pre-season. Then get him to sign a new contract. Get all the players to praise his staying (Tom Cairney was chuffed he was staying) and then pull the rug out from under the team and fans by selling him. Do people really think Bowyer or Venkys have the ambition to get us promoted? If they could sell Gestede for more than they paid for him they would. Remember the transfer embargo is getting imposed on us in January so what we finish this window with we are stuck with. Defence naff. Remember Baptiste is a loan so we won't even be able to sign him later. So what we have now minus Baptiste defensively is it. Rhodes going. Leaving us with Gestede, Brown and Varney upfront. Yeah we might bring in another striker. But do people really think any money will be spent on him? Does anyone thing it will be a striker of quality? It will either be an untested striker or a older past it striker. Hell using Bowyers logic of playing defenders in different positions after ditching Dann last season we will probably end up with King upfront and no replacement coming in. What has happened over the last few years in the Championship is the systematic removal of any players worth anything of any quality. Olsson, Dann and now Rhodes. What has been left is the excuse of no money available. Balancing the books and bringing in cheap players in the hopes that they might be half decent in Conway and Gestede for very little. Bowyer has been lucky so far. But the luck has started to run out with the likes of Varney and Brown. If people don't realise how much trouble we are in at the moment then do it fast. But hey never mind. I am sure the Blackburn Rovers Action Group will make the difference they oh so promised to make huh?

we sold shearer, we sold sutton, we sold batty, we sold le saux, we sold sherwood.....do i need to go on? please note these were all under the stewardship of our #1 fan. it's what happens - jordan rhodes has been brilliant for us. if he goes, thanks for helping us out.

[quote][p][bold]Thomas Evans[/bold] wrote:
Food for thought.
Rovers plastered Rhodes allover our merchandising and built the premise of a good season on him. Getting people buying season tickets and shirts with his name on the back and getting him to sign autographs and stuff in pre-season.
Then get him to sign a new contract. Get all the players to praise his staying (Tom Cairney was chuffed he was staying) and then pull the rug out from under the team and fans by selling him.
Do people really think Bowyer or Venkys have the ambition to get us promoted?
If they could sell Gestede for more than they paid for him they would.
Remember the transfer embargo is getting imposed on us in January so what we finish this window with we are stuck with.
Defence naff. Remember Baptiste is a loan so we won't even be able to sign him later. So what we have now minus Baptiste defensively is it.
Rhodes going. Leaving us with Gestede, Brown and Varney upfront.
Yeah we might bring in another striker. But do people really think any money will be spent on him? Does anyone thing it will be a striker of quality?
It will either be an untested striker or a older past it striker.
Hell using Bowyers logic of playing defenders in different positions after ditching Dann last season we will probably end up with King upfront and no replacement coming in.
What has happened over the last few years in the Championship is the systematic removal of any players worth anything of any quality.
Olsson, Dann and now Rhodes.
What has been left is the excuse of no money available. Balancing the books and bringing in cheap players in the hopes that they might be half decent in Conway and Gestede for very little.
Bowyer has been lucky so far. But the luck has started to run out with the likes of Varney and Brown.
If people don't realise how much trouble we are in at the moment then do it fast.
But hey never mind. I am sure the Blackburn Rovers Action Group will make the difference they oh so promised to make huh?[/p][/quote]we sold shearer, we sold sutton, we sold batty, we sold le saux, we sold sherwood.....do i need to go on?
please note these were all under the stewardship of our #1 fan.
it's what happens - jordan rhodes has been brilliant for us. if he goes, thanks for helping us out.hasslem hasslem

Thomas Evans wrote…

Food for thought. Rovers plastered Rhodes allover our merchandising and built the premise of a good season on him. Getting people buying season tickets and shirts with his name on the back and getting him to sign autographs and stuff in pre-season. Then get him to sign a new contract. Get all the players to praise his staying (Tom Cairney was chuffed he was staying) and then pull the rug out from under the team and fans by selling him. Do people really think Bowyer or Venkys have the ambition to get us promoted? If they could sell Gestede for more than they paid for him they would. Remember the transfer embargo is getting imposed on us in January so what we finish this window with we are stuck with. Defence naff. Remember Baptiste is a loan so we won't even be able to sign him later. So what we have now minus Baptiste defensively is it. Rhodes going. Leaving us with Gestede, Brown and Varney upfront. Yeah we might bring in another striker. But do people really think any money will be spent on him? Does anyone thing it will be a striker of quality? It will either be an untested striker or a older past it striker. Hell using Bowyers logic of playing defenders in different positions after ditching Dann last season we will probably end up with King upfront and no replacement coming in. What has happened over the last few years in the Championship is the systematic removal of any players worth anything of any quality. Olsson, Dann and now Rhodes. What has been left is the excuse of no money available. Balancing the books and bringing in cheap players in the hopes that they might be half decent in Conway and Gestede for very little. Bowyer has been lucky so far. But the luck has started to run out with the likes of Varney and Brown. If people don't realise how much trouble we are in at the moment then do it fast. But hey never mind. I am sure the Blackburn Rovers Action Group will make the difference they oh so promised to make huh?

we sold shearer, we sold sutton, we sold batty, we sold le saux, we sold sherwood.....do i need to go on? please note these were all under the stewardship of our #1 fan. it's what happens - jordan rhodes has been brilliant for us. if he goes, thanks for helping us out.

Score: 3

A Darener says...3:40pm Thu 21 Aug 14

The clear message they will send is - you are in the Championship for good. Get used to it." No we won't get used to it! We will be in Division one next season.

The clear message they will send is - you are in the Championship for good. Get used to it."
No we won't get used to it! We will be in Division one next season.A Darener

The clear message they will send is - you are in the Championship for good. Get used to it." No we won't get used to it! We will be in Division one next season.

Score: -3

benal13 says...3:43pm Thu 21 Aug 14

rhodes has said more than once, that if he leaves it will be because the owners want him to not bcause he wants to, so venkys its up to you, to quote the song THERE MAYBE TROUBLE AHEAD

rhodes has said more than once, that if he leaves it will be because the owners want him to not bcause he wants to, so venkys its up to you, to quote the song THERE MAYBE TROUBLE AHEADbenal13

rhodes has said more than once, that if he leaves it will be because the owners want him to not bcause he wants to, so venkys its up to you, to quote the song THERE MAYBE TROUBLE AHEAD

Score: 1

J.C - Rishton says...3:44pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Tatts wrote…

J.C - Rishton wrote…

Very surprised to find its true and massively disappointed. Can't believe some Rovers fans are stupid enough to post that they aren't bothered if he goes!!! Drr, yes he may not be Lionel Messi but he scores around 25 goals every season - how on earth do you replace that??? Strikers with that kind of consistency can't be easily replaced, especially when you are in our financial position. Obviously the season would be over in so far as promotion via the play-offs - you can't finish 8th then lose 25 goals out of your squad, having not really strengthened and still compete, especially in a division when many teams have improved their squads this summer. Also, what a body blow to our other good players, Cairney, Conway, Gestede and Hanley - how are they going to feel knowing we are now playing for mid table - will they start looking for a move in the next transfer window?? The only good news if he is sold would that we may avoid a transfer embargo on 1st Jan 2015 (??) which would be both humiliating for our famous proud club and disastrous from a playing/competing perspective. Sad days indeed.

Personally I can't see this transfer embargo being imposed as it will impact too many clubs. Also, are QPR really going to pay a fine of £60M as per the FFP rules? No chance!

Tatts I think you often post some of the best stuff on here but I just don't understand what you are trying to say about the transfer embargo and FFP. FFP has been introduced by every other league that has been preparing to do so inc the PL, the champions league etc etc - so why should the championship be any different. As far as I am aware there are only 3 or 4 teams (at most) that will fail and the vast majority have spent the last 2 years preparing for FFP and are determined to vote it in and impose it. Blackpool FC posted on their own website only3 weeks ago that the vast majority of championship clubs were ready for it and that it would definitely be starting. Also, whats your point about QPR ?? - that has nothing to do with the fact that FFP may or may not be introduced to the championship. If they owe £60m to the championship in fines they can either pay it or not, but remember, they have no LEGAL right to be in the championship (all football league structures are run on "invitation basis's" only, that's why sometimes, clubs who win the conference are not allowed in and have no legal recourse) and the next time they are relegated from the PL (which they will be at some point) the 20 members of the football championship may refuse them entry until they have paid that £60m plus interest or they may choose to keep their £60m and play in the conference instead - I really don't care about QPR, do you? (and I don't suppose that many of the other 19 member clubs would care about QPR either if they stiffed them all out of £60m).

[quote][p][bold]Tatts[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]J.C - Rishton[/bold] wrote:
Very surprised to find its true and massively disappointed.
Can't believe some Rovers fans are stupid enough to post that they aren't bothered if he goes!!!
Drr, yes he may not be Lionel Messi but he scores around 25 goals every season - how on earth do you replace that???
Strikers with that kind of consistency can't be easily replaced, especially when you are in our financial position.
Obviously the season would be over in so far as promotion via the play-offs - you can't finish 8th then lose 25 goals out of your squad, having not really strengthened and still compete, especially in a division when many teams have improved their squads this summer.
Also, what a body blow to our other good players, Cairney, Conway, Gestede and Hanley - how are they going to feel knowing we are now playing for mid table - will they start looking for a move in the next transfer window??
The only good news if he is sold would that we may avoid a transfer embargo on 1st Jan 2015 (??) which would be both humiliating for our famous proud club and disastrous from a playing/competing perspective.
Sad days indeed.[/p][/quote]Personally I can't see this transfer embargo being imposed as it will impact too many clubs. Also, are QPR really going to pay a fine of £60M as per the FFP rules? No chance![/p][/quote]Tatts I think you often post some of the best stuff on here but I just don't understand what you are trying to say about the transfer embargo and FFP.
FFP has been introduced by every other league that has been preparing to do so inc the PL, the champions league etc etc - so why should the championship be any different.
As far as I am aware there are only 3 or 4 teams (at most) that will fail and the vast majority have spent the last 2 years preparing for FFP and are determined to vote it in and impose it.
Blackpool FC posted on their own website only3 weeks ago that the vast majority of championship clubs were ready for it and that it would definitely be starting.
Also, whats your point about QPR ?? - that has nothing to do with the fact that FFP may or may not be introduced to the championship.
If they owe £60m to the championship in fines they can either pay it or not, but remember, they have no LEGAL right to be in the championship (all football league structures are run on "invitation basis's" only, that's why sometimes, clubs who win the conference are not allowed in and have no legal recourse) and the next time they are relegated from the PL (which they will be at some point) the 20 members of the football championship may refuse them entry until they have paid that £60m plus interest or they may choose to keep their £60m and play in the conference instead - I really don't care about QPR, do you? (and I don't suppose that many of the other 19 member clubs would care about QPR either if they stiffed them all out of £60m).J.C - Rishton

Tatts wrote…

J.C - Rishton wrote…

Very surprised to find its true and massively disappointed. Can't believe some Rovers fans are stupid enough to post that they aren't bothered if he goes!!! Drr, yes he may not be Lionel Messi but he scores around 25 goals every season - how on earth do you replace that??? Strikers with that kind of consistency can't be easily replaced, especially when you are in our financial position. Obviously the season would be over in so far as promotion via the play-offs - you can't finish 8th then lose 25 goals out of your squad, having not really strengthened and still compete, especially in a division when many teams have improved their squads this summer. Also, what a body blow to our other good players, Cairney, Conway, Gestede and Hanley - how are they going to feel knowing we are now playing for mid table - will they start looking for a move in the next transfer window?? The only good news if he is sold would that we may avoid a transfer embargo on 1st Jan 2015 (??) which would be both humiliating for our famous proud club and disastrous from a playing/competing perspective. Sad days indeed.

Personally I can't see this transfer embargo being imposed as it will impact too many clubs. Also, are QPR really going to pay a fine of £60M as per the FFP rules? No chance!

Tatts I think you often post some of the best stuff on here but I just don't understand what you are trying to say about the transfer embargo and FFP. FFP has been introduced by every other league that has been preparing to do so inc the PL, the champions league etc etc - so why should the championship be any different. As far as I am aware there are only 3 or 4 teams (at most) that will fail and the vast majority have spent the last 2 years preparing for FFP and are determined to vote it in and impose it. Blackpool FC posted on their own website only3 weeks ago that the vast majority of championship clubs were ready for it and that it would definitely be starting. Also, whats your point about QPR ?? - that has nothing to do with the fact that FFP may or may not be introduced to the championship. If they owe £60m to the championship in fines they can either pay it or not, but remember, they have no LEGAL right to be in the championship (all football league structures are run on "invitation basis's" only, that's why sometimes, clubs who win the conference are not allowed in and have no legal recourse) and the next time they are relegated from the PL (which they will be at some point) the 20 members of the football championship may refuse them entry until they have paid that £60m plus interest or they may choose to keep their £60m and play in the conference instead - I really don't care about QPR, do you? (and I don't suppose that many of the other 19 member clubs would care about QPR either if they stiffed them all out of £60m).

Score: 6

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Score: 1

Milanista-Roverista says...3:47pm Thu 21 Aug 14

DanBlackburn/ Tom ETC.... I understand your sentiments on the owners, but if ANY PLAYER WANTS A TRANSFER, HE'LL END UP GETTING HIS WISH. Rhodes will not be sold against his will, and on the contrary, it's obvious HE WANTS TO JOIN HULL. Im as gutted as anyone, but accept that this is how football is.

DanBlackburn/ Tom ETC....
I understand your sentiments on the owners, but if ANY PLAYER WANTS A TRANSFER, HE'LL END UP GETTING HIS WISH.
Rhodes will not be sold against his will, and on the contrary, it's obvious HE WANTS TO JOIN HULL.
Im as gutted as anyone, but accept that this is how football is.Milanista-Roverista

DanBlackburn/ Tom ETC.... I understand your sentiments on the owners, but if ANY PLAYER WANTS A TRANSFER, HE'LL END UP GETTING HIS WISH. Rhodes will not be sold against his will, and on the contrary, it's obvious HE WANTS TO JOIN HULL. Im as gutted as anyone, but accept that this is how football is.

Score: 2

TurfMoor Tom says...3:49pm Thu 21 Aug 14

A Darener wrote…

The clear message they will send is - you are in the Championship for good. Get used to it." No we won't get used to it! We will be in Division one next season.

Finally acceptance arrives. You are correct. When we sell our only real asset then we are indeed looking at a trip to League One. For how long? See Portsmouth. Sometimes I wish we were more like Burnley and had a bright future to look forward to. Sadly we are more likely to become rivals with Accrington Stanley.

[quote][p][bold]A Darener[/bold] wrote:
The clear message they will send is - you are in the Championship for good. Get used to it."
No we won't get used to it! We will be in Division one next season.[/p][/quote]Finally acceptance arrives.
You are correct. When we sell our only real asset then we are indeed looking at a trip to League One. For how long? See Portsmouth.
Sometimes I wish we were more like Burnley and had a bright future to look forward to. Sadly we are more likely to become rivals with Accrington Stanley.TurfMoor Tom

A Darener wrote…

The clear message they will send is - you are in the Championship for good. Get used to it." No we won't get used to it! We will be in Division one next season.

Finally acceptance arrives. You are correct. When we sell our only real asset then we are indeed looking at a trip to League One. For how long? See Portsmouth. Sometimes I wish we were more like Burnley and had a bright future to look forward to. Sadly we are more likely to become rivals with Accrington Stanley.

Score: -3

A Darener says...3:49pm Thu 21 Aug 14

J.C - Rishton wrote…

Tatts wrote…

J.C - Rishton wrote…

Very surprised to find its true and massively disappointed. Can't believe some Rovers fans are stupid enough to post that they aren't bothered if he goes!!! Drr, yes he may not be Lionel Messi but he scores around 25 goals every season - how on earth do you replace that??? Strikers with that kind of consistency can't be easily replaced, especially when you are in our financial position. Obviously the season would be over in so far as promotion via the play-offs - you can't finish 8th then lose 25 goals out of your squad, having not really strengthened and still compete, especially in a division when many teams have improved their squads this summer. Also, what a body blow to our other good players, Cairney, Conway, Gestede and Hanley - how are they going to feel knowing we are now playing for mid table - will they start looking for a move in the next transfer window?? The only good news if he is sold would that we may avoid a transfer embargo on 1st Jan 2015 (??) which would be both humiliating for our famous proud club and disastrous from a playing/competing perspective. Sad days indeed.

Personally I can't see this transfer embargo being imposed as it will impact too many clubs. Also, are QPR really going to pay a fine of £60M as per the FFP rules? No chance!

Tatts I think you often post some of the best stuff on here but I just don't understand what you are trying to say about the transfer embargo and FFP. FFP has been introduced by every other league that has been preparing to do so inc the PL, the champions league etc etc - so why should the championship be any different. As far as I am aware there are only 3 or 4 teams (at most) that will fail and the vast majority have spent the last 2 years preparing for FFP and are determined to vote it in and impose it. Blackpool FC posted on their own website only3 weeks ago that the vast majority of championship clubs were ready for it and that it would definitely be starting. Also, whats your point about QPR ?? - that has nothing to do with the fact that FFP may or may not be introduced to the championship. If they owe £60m to the championship in fines they can either pay it or not, but remember, they have no LEGAL right to be in the championship (all football league structures are run on "invitation basis's" only, that's why sometimes, clubs who win the conference are not allowed in and have no legal recourse) and the next time they are relegated from the PL (which they will be at some point) the 20 members of the football championship may refuse them entry until they have paid that £60m plus interest or they may choose to keep their £60m and play in the conference instead - I really don't care about QPR, do you? (and I don't suppose that many of the other 19 member clubs would care about QPR either if they stiffed them all out of £60m).

As far as I am aware the fines will go to charity, not to the FL, PL or any other affiliated association.

[quote][p][bold]J.C - Rishton[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]Tatts[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]J.C - Rishton[/bold] wrote:
Very surprised to find its true and massively disappointed.
Can't believe some Rovers fans are stupid enough to post that they aren't bothered if he goes!!!
Drr, yes he may not be Lionel Messi but he scores around 25 goals every season - how on earth do you replace that???
Strikers with that kind of consistency can't be easily replaced, especially when you are in our financial position.
Obviously the season would be over in so far as promotion via the play-offs - you can't finish 8th then lose 25 goals out of your squad, having not really strengthened and still compete, especially in a division when many teams have improved their squads this summer.
Also, what a body blow to our other good players, Cairney, Conway, Gestede and Hanley - how are they going to feel knowing we are now playing for mid table - will they start looking for a move in the next transfer window??
The only good news if he is sold would that we may avoid a transfer embargo on 1st Jan 2015 (??) which would be both humiliating for our famous proud club and disastrous from a playing/competing perspective.
Sad days indeed.[/p][/quote]Personally I can't see this transfer embargo being imposed as it will impact too many clubs. Also, are QPR really going to pay a fine of £60M as per the FFP rules? No chance![/p][/quote]Tatts I think you often post some of the best stuff on here but I just don't understand what you are trying to say about the transfer embargo and FFP.
FFP has been introduced by every other league that has been preparing to do so inc the PL, the champions league etc etc - so why should the championship be any different.
As far as I am aware there are only 3 or 4 teams (at most) that will fail and the vast majority have spent the last 2 years preparing for FFP and are determined to vote it in and impose it.
Blackpool FC posted on their own website only3 weeks ago that the vast majority of championship clubs were ready for it and that it would definitely be starting.
Also, whats your point about QPR ?? - that has nothing to do with the fact that FFP may or may not be introduced to the championship.
If they owe £60m to the championship in fines they can either pay it or not, but remember, they have no LEGAL right to be in the championship (all football league structures are run on "invitation basis's" only, that's why sometimes, clubs who win the conference are not allowed in and have no legal recourse) and the next time they are relegated from the PL (which they will be at some point) the 20 members of the football championship may refuse them entry until they have paid that £60m plus interest or they may choose to keep their £60m and play in the conference instead - I really don't care about QPR, do you? (and I don't suppose that many of the other 19 member clubs would care about QPR either if they stiffed them all out of £60m).[/p][/quote]As far as I am aware the fines will go to charity, not to the FL, PL or any other affiliated association.A Darener

J.C - Rishton wrote…

Tatts wrote…

J.C - Rishton wrote…

Very surprised to find its true and massively disappointed. Can't believe some Rovers fans are stupid enough to post that they aren't bothered if he goes!!! Drr, yes he may not be Lionel Messi but he scores around 25 goals every season - how on earth do you replace that??? Strikers with that kind of consistency can't be easily replaced, especially when you are in our financial position. Obviously the season would be over in so far as promotion via the play-offs - you can't finish 8th then lose 25 goals out of your squad, having not really strengthened and still compete, especially in a division when many teams have improved their squads this summer. Also, what a body blow to our other good players, Cairney, Conway, Gestede and Hanley - how are they going to feel knowing we are now playing for mid table - will they start looking for a move in the next transfer window?? The only good news if he is sold would that we may avoid a transfer embargo on 1st Jan 2015 (??) which would be both humiliating for our famous proud club and disastrous from a playing/competing perspective. Sad days indeed.

Personally I can't see this transfer embargo being imposed as it will impact too many clubs. Also, are QPR really going to pay a fine of £60M as per the FFP rules? No chance!

Tatts I think you often post some of the best stuff on here but I just don't understand what you are trying to say about the transfer embargo and FFP. FFP has been introduced by every other league that has been preparing to do so inc the PL, the champions league etc etc - so why should the championship be any different. As far as I am aware there are only 3 or 4 teams (at most) that will fail and the vast majority have spent the last 2 years preparing for FFP and are determined to vote it in and impose it. Blackpool FC posted on their own website only3 weeks ago that the vast majority of championship clubs were ready for it and that it would definitely be starting. Also, whats your point about QPR ?? - that has nothing to do with the fact that FFP may or may not be introduced to the championship. If they owe £60m to the championship in fines they can either pay it or not, but remember, they have no LEGAL right to be in the championship (all football league structures are run on "invitation basis's" only, that's why sometimes, clubs who win the conference are not allowed in and have no legal recourse) and the next time they are relegated from the PL (which they will be at some point) the 20 members of the football championship may refuse them entry until they have paid that £60m plus interest or they may choose to keep their £60m and play in the conference instead - I really don't care about QPR, do you? (and I don't suppose that many of the other 19 member clubs would care about QPR either if they stiffed them all out of £60m).

As far as I am aware the fines will go to charity, not to the FL, PL or any other affiliated association.

Score: 4

Mr writer says...3:50pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Milanista-Roverista wrote…

DanBlackburn/ Tom ETC.... I understand your sentiments on the owners, but if ANY PLAYER WANTS A TRANSFER, HE'LL END UP GETTING HIS WISH. Rhodes will not be sold against his will, and on the contrary, it's obvious HE WANTS TO JOIN HULL. Im as gutted as anyone, but accept that this is how football is.

When has he ever stated that he wants to join Hull

[quote][p][bold]Milanista-Roverista[/bold] wrote:
DanBlackburn/ Tom ETC....
I understand your sentiments on the owners, but if ANY PLAYER WANTS A TRANSFER, HE'LL END UP GETTING HIS WISH.
Rhodes will not be sold against his will, and on the contrary, it's obvious HE WANTS TO JOIN HULL.
Im as gutted as anyone, but accept that this is how football is.[/p][/quote]When has he ever stated that he wants to join HullMr writer

Milanista-Roverista wrote…

DanBlackburn/ Tom ETC.... I understand your sentiments on the owners, but if ANY PLAYER WANTS A TRANSFER, HE'LL END UP GETTING HIS WISH. Rhodes will not be sold against his will, and on the contrary, it's obvious HE WANTS TO JOIN HULL. Im as gutted as anyone, but accept that this is how football is.

When has he ever stated that he wants to join Hull

Score: 3

We'll win the next one says...3:52pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Ewood_Mark wrote…

Oh dear. Just think, the chances are Fleetwood Town will be in a higher division than us next season? Looks like Venkys want to do a Karl Oyston and rob us for all we are worth, which isn't much by the way. Chicken stock, laughing stock.

And you're a fcuking c ock

[quote][p][bold]Ewood_Mark[/bold] wrote:
Oh dear. Just think, the chances are Fleetwood Town will be in a higher division than us next season? Looks like Venkys want to do a Karl Oyston and rob us for all we are worth, which isn't much by the way. Chicken stock, laughing stock.[/p][/quote]And you're a fcuking c ockWe'll win the next one

Ewood_Mark wrote…

Oh dear. Just think, the chances are Fleetwood Town will be in a higher division than us next season? Looks like Venkys want to do a Karl Oyston and rob us for all we are worth, which isn't much by the way. Chicken stock, laughing stock.

And you're a fcuking c ock

Score: 3

Its Only a game boy says...3:53pm Thu 21 Aug 14

A Darener wrote…

Well at least I have enjoyed 60years of watching the Rovers minus the last 2 of not watching them. It was good whilst it lasted. Never thought I would see them win the top division, but I did. Now the owners are slowly squeezing the life out of the club. It is all downhill. But if they leave then I shall be back, irrespective of what division we are playing in.

For Whom The Bell Tolls

[quote][p][bold]A Darener[/bold] wrote:
Well at least I have enjoyed 60years of watching the Rovers minus the last 2 of not watching them. It was good whilst it lasted. Never thought I would see them win the top division, but I did. Now the owners are slowly squeezing the life out of the club. It is all downhill. But if they leave then I shall be back, irrespective of what division we are playing in.[/p][/quote]For Whom The Bell TollsIts Only a game boy

A Darener wrote…

Well at least I have enjoyed 60years of watching the Rovers minus the last 2 of not watching them. It was good whilst it lasted. Never thought I would see them win the top division, but I did. Now the owners are slowly squeezing the life out of the club. It is all downhill. But if they leave then I shall be back, irrespective of what division we are playing in.

For Whom The Bell Tolls

Score: -2

Will P says...3:57pm Thu 21 Aug 14

All these comments from Burnley fans? You're back in the big time and instead of embracing it and forgetting about your rivals, you still revolve your success as a comparison to Blackburn. The majority of Wigan, Blackburn and Bolton fans really didn't care about you lot when they were in the PL. What should be concerning you is the lack of ambition and lack of expenditure at your club. Realistically speaking, you are the worst team in the premier league and if you really intended on staying there then there would have been sensible measures taken for the long run, such as your lack of an international scouting network. On another note, I would take 12m for Rhodes if offered, but only if the remaining money post clauses was to be spent on reinforcements. If not, then no thanks.

All these comments from Burnley fans? You're back in the big time and instead of embracing it and forgetting about your rivals, you still revolve your success as a comparison to Blackburn. The majority of Wigan, Blackburn and Bolton fans really didn't care about you lot when they were in the PL.
What should be concerning you is the lack of ambition and lack of expenditure at your club. Realistically speaking, you are the worst team in the premier league and if you really intended on staying there then there would have been sensible measures taken for the long run, such as your lack of an international scouting network.
On another note, I would take 12m for Rhodes if offered, but only if the remaining money post clauses was to be spent on reinforcements. If not, then no thanks.Will P

All these comments from Burnley fans? You're back in the big time and instead of embracing it and forgetting about your rivals, you still revolve your success as a comparison to Blackburn. The majority of Wigan, Blackburn and Bolton fans really didn't care about you lot when they were in the PL. What should be concerning you is the lack of ambition and lack of expenditure at your club. Realistically speaking, you are the worst team in the premier league and if you really intended on staying there then there would have been sensible measures taken for the long run, such as your lack of an international scouting network. On another note, I would take 12m for Rhodes if offered, but only if the remaining money post clauses was to be spent on reinforcements. If not, then no thanks.

Score: 7

A Darener says...3:59pm Thu 21 Aug 14

How about Status Quo...Down Down.....

How about Status Quo...Down Down.....A Darener

How about Status Quo...Down Down.....

Score: 0

benal13 says...4:01pm Thu 21 Aug 14

TurfMoor Tom wrote…

A Darener wrote…

The clear message they will send is - you are in the Championship for good. Get used to it." No we won't get used to it! We will be in Division one next season.

Finally acceptance arrives. You are correct. When we sell our only real asset then we are indeed looking at a trip to League One. For how long? See Portsmouth. Sometimes I wish we were more like Burnley and had a bright future to look forward to. Sadly we are more likely to become rivals with Accrington Stanley.

TURDMOOR TOM did you think that name up all bye yourself????????????

[quote][p][bold]TurfMoor Tom[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]A Darener[/bold] wrote:
The clear message they will send is - you are in the Championship for good. Get used to it."
No we won't get used to it! We will be in Division one next season.[/p][/quote]Finally acceptance arrives.
You are correct. When we sell our only real asset then we are indeed looking at a trip to League One. For how long? See Portsmouth.
Sometimes I wish we were more like Burnley and had a bright future to look forward to. Sadly we are more likely to become rivals with Accrington Stanley.[/p][/quote]TURDMOOR TOM did you think that name up all bye yourself????????????benal13

TurfMoor Tom wrote…

A Darener wrote…

The clear message they will send is - you are in the Championship for good. Get used to it." No we won't get used to it! We will be in Division one next season.

Finally acceptance arrives. You are correct. When we sell our only real asset then we are indeed looking at a trip to League One. For how long? See Portsmouth. Sometimes I wish we were more like Burnley and had a bright future to look forward to. Sadly we are more likely to become rivals with Accrington Stanley.

TURDMOOR TOM did you think that name up all bye yourself????????????

Score: 6

jimluftas says...4:06pm Thu 21 Aug 14

TurfMoor Tom wrote…

Unfortunately we cannot reinvest even £2m in the squad whilst carrying a loss of £30m+. Thats the whole idea of FFP I'm afraid. We can only spend within our means on the proviso that we carry a maximum annual loss of just £3m. Therefore all the money received for Rhodes will be used in an attempt to convince the FFP administrators that whilst we are non-compliant we are taking steps to reduce the deficit and work towards becoming self sufficient within the next two transfer windows as the club have already planned. This is all expected. The reason Rhodes was offered the contract extension only a month ago was to ensure that we receive a decent amount for the player after we settle what we owe to Huddersfield Town which is a basic £4m plus 20% of any future add-on. We can then expect to come out with £4m, plus a saving of £2m per year on salary. I'm afraid to say we can no longer turn down this kind of money. The big worry now is that we will struggle for consistency given that Rhodes goals have pretty much singlehandedly kept us in the Championship for 2 years running. Who will step up and become our 25 goal a season striker? Luke Varney? Chris Brown? I believe we are now entering the choppy waters of sh*t creek and we've just lost our paddle.

I believe you have never even kissed a girl. Get a grip of your life you sad weasel. It's ironic that you're 'disguising' yourself as a rovers fan and you spend so much time on our page.

[quote][p][bold]TurfMoor Tom[/bold] wrote:
Unfortunately we cannot reinvest even £2m in the squad whilst carrying a loss of £30m+. Thats the whole idea of FFP I'm afraid. We can only spend within our means on the proviso that we carry a maximum annual loss of just £3m. Therefore all the money received for Rhodes will be used in an attempt to convince the FFP administrators that whilst we are non-compliant we are taking steps to reduce the deficit and work towards becoming self sufficient within the next two transfer windows as the club have already planned.
This is all expected. The reason Rhodes was offered the contract extension only a month ago was to ensure that we receive a decent amount for the player after we settle what we owe to Huddersfield Town which is a basic £4m plus 20% of any future add-on. We can then expect to come out with £4m, plus a saving of £2m per year on salary. I'm afraid to say we can no longer turn down this kind of money.
The big worry now is that we will struggle for consistency given that Rhodes goals have pretty much singlehandedly kept us in the Championship for 2 years running. Who will step up and become our 25 goal a season striker? Luke Varney? Chris Brown?
I believe we are now entering the choppy waters of sh*t creek and we've just lost our paddle.[/p][/quote]I believe you have never even kissed a girl. Get a grip of your life you sad weasel. It's ironic that you're 'disguising' yourself as a rovers fan and you spend so much time on our page.jimluftas

TurfMoor Tom wrote…

Unfortunately we cannot reinvest even £2m in the squad whilst carrying a loss of £30m+. Thats the whole idea of FFP I'm afraid. We can only spend within our means on the proviso that we carry a maximum annual loss of just £3m. Therefore all the money received for Rhodes will be used in an attempt to convince the FFP administrators that whilst we are non-compliant we are taking steps to reduce the deficit and work towards becoming self sufficient within the next two transfer windows as the club have already planned. This is all expected. The reason Rhodes was offered the contract extension only a month ago was to ensure that we receive a decent amount for the player after we settle what we owe to Huddersfield Town which is a basic £4m plus 20% of any future add-on. We can then expect to come out with £4m, plus a saving of £2m per year on salary. I'm afraid to say we can no longer turn down this kind of money. The big worry now is that we will struggle for consistency given that Rhodes goals have pretty much singlehandedly kept us in the Championship for 2 years running. Who will step up and become our 25 goal a season striker? Luke Varney? Chris Brown? I believe we are now entering the choppy waters of sh*t creek and we've just lost our paddle.

I believe you have never even kissed a girl. Get a grip of your life you sad weasel. It's ironic that you're 'disguising' yourself as a rovers fan and you spend so much time on our page.

Score: 1

glynners says...4:07pm Thu 21 Aug 14

DanBlackburn wrote…

It wasn't that long ago we were chanting about "Don't sell the Rhodes...riot etc" now some on this board seem resigned to losing him? Are you all mad, talking about limited contributions other than scoring 20 plus goals. The lad is a fantastic finisher. Yes he has his poor spells like everyone but he is our poster boy and best player by a mile. If Venkys sell him then they will get a lot of people very angry after encouraging the optimism around Ewood at the moment. The clear message they will send is - you are in the Championship for good. Get used to it. Would any ambitious club sell their most talented player if they had true ambition? God I hate Venkys and what they have and continue to do to us.

As others have pointed out.. we have sold bigger & better players than Rhodes before Venkys came and will continue to do so after Venkys leave. Good players want to play at a higher level at some point in their career, if we dont get promotion again this season he'll be gone

[quote][p][bold]DanBlackburn[/bold] wrote:
It wasn't that long ago we were chanting about "Don't sell the Rhodes...riot etc" now some on this board seem resigned to losing him? Are you all mad, talking about limited contributions other than scoring 20 plus goals. The lad is a fantastic finisher. Yes he has his poor spells like everyone but he is our poster boy and best player by a mile.
If Venkys sell him then they will get a lot of people very angry after encouraging the optimism around Ewood at the moment. The clear message they will send is - you are in the Championship for good. Get used to it.
Would any ambitious club sell their most talented player if they had true ambition?
God I hate Venkys and what they have and continue to do to us.[/p][/quote]As others have pointed out.. we have sold bigger & better players than Rhodes before Venkys came and will continue to do so after Venkys leave.
Good players want to play at a higher level at some point in their career, if we dont get promotion again this season he'll be goneglynners

DanBlackburn wrote…

It wasn't that long ago we were chanting about "Don't sell the Rhodes...riot etc" now some on this board seem resigned to losing him? Are you all mad, talking about limited contributions other than scoring 20 plus goals. The lad is a fantastic finisher. Yes he has his poor spells like everyone but he is our poster boy and best player by a mile. If Venkys sell him then they will get a lot of people very angry after encouraging the optimism around Ewood at the moment. The clear message they will send is - you are in the Championship for good. Get used to it. Would any ambitious club sell their most talented player if they had true ambition? God I hate Venkys and what they have and continue to do to us.

As others have pointed out.. we have sold bigger & better players than Rhodes before Venkys came and will continue to do so after Venkys leave. Good players want to play at a higher level at some point in their career, if we dont get promotion again this season he'll be gone

Score: 5

Its Only a game boy says...4:08pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Will P wrote…

All these comments from Burnley fans? You're back in the big time and instead of embracing it and forgetting about your rivals, you still revolve your success as a comparison to Blackburn. The majority of Wigan, Blackburn and Bolton fans really didn't care about you lot when they were in the PL. What should be concerning you is the lack of ambition and lack of expenditure at your club. Realistically speaking, you are the worst team in the premier league and if you really intended on staying there then there would have been sensible measures taken for the long run, such as your lack of an international scouting network. On another note, I would take 12m for Rhodes if offered, but only if the remaining money post clauses was to be spent on reinforcements. If not, then no thanks.

Worst team based on 1 result ? - if that's true, then surely it's Newcastle who sit bottom at the moment.......but of course, we all know that's not true.

[quote][p][bold]Will P[/bold] wrote:
All these comments from Burnley fans? You're back in the big time and instead of embracing it and forgetting about your rivals, you still revolve your success as a comparison to Blackburn. The majority of Wigan, Blackburn and Bolton fans really didn't care about you lot when they were in the PL.
What should be concerning you is the lack of ambition and lack of expenditure at your club. Realistically speaking, you are the worst team in the premier league and if you really intended on staying there then there would have been sensible measures taken for the long run, such as your lack of an international scouting network.
On another note, I would take 12m for Rhodes if offered, but only if the remaining money post clauses was to be spent on reinforcements. If not, then no thanks.[/p][/quote]Worst team based on 1 result ? - if that's true, then surely it's Newcastle who sit bottom at the moment.......but of course, we all know that's not true.Its Only a game boy

Will P wrote…

All these comments from Burnley fans? You're back in the big time and instead of embracing it and forgetting about your rivals, you still revolve your success as a comparison to Blackburn. The majority of Wigan, Blackburn and Bolton fans really didn't care about you lot when they were in the PL. What should be concerning you is the lack of ambition and lack of expenditure at your club. Realistically speaking, you are the worst team in the premier league and if you really intended on staying there then there would have been sensible measures taken for the long run, such as your lack of an international scouting network. On another note, I would take 12m for Rhodes if offered, but only if the remaining money post clauses was to be spent on reinforcements. If not, then no thanks.

Worst team based on 1 result ? - if that's true, then surely it's Newcastle who sit bottom at the moment.......but of course, we all know that's not true.

All these comments from Burnley fans? You're back in the big time and instead of embracing it and forgetting about your rivals, you still revolve your success as a comparison to Blackburn. The majority of Wigan, Blackburn and Bolton fans really didn't care about you lot when they were in the PL. What should be concerning you is the lack of ambition and lack of expenditure at your club. Realistically speaking, you are the worst team in the premier league and if you really intended on staying there then there would have been sensible measures taken for the long run, such as your lack of an international scouting network. On another note, I would take 12m for Rhodes if offered, but only if the remaining money post clauses was to be spent on reinforcements. If not, then no thanks.

Worst team based on 1 result ? - if that's true, then surely it's Newcastle who sit bottom at the moment.......but of course, we all know that's not true.

Come on, you can't honestly tell me your team is man for man better than any of the other teams in the league. No doubt your team will put in big shifts week after week, but that won't be enough.

[quote][p][bold]Its Only a game boy[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]Will P[/bold] wrote:
All these comments from Burnley fans? You're back in the big time and instead of embracing it and forgetting about your rivals, you still revolve your success as a comparison to Blackburn. The majority of Wigan, Blackburn and Bolton fans really didn't care about you lot when they were in the PL.
What should be concerning you is the lack of ambition and lack of expenditure at your club. Realistically speaking, you are the worst team in the premier league and if you really intended on staying there then there would have been sensible measures taken for the long run, such as your lack of an international scouting network.
On another note, I would take 12m for Rhodes if offered, but only if the remaining money post clauses was to be spent on reinforcements. If not, then no thanks.[/p][/quote]Worst team based on 1 result ? - if that's true, then surely it's Newcastle who sit bottom at the moment.......but of course, we all know that's not true.[/p][/quote]Come on, you can't honestly tell me your team is man for man better than any of the other teams in the league. No doubt your team will put in big shifts week after week, but that won't be enough.Will P

Its Only a game boy wrote…

Will P wrote…

All these comments from Burnley fans? You're back in the big time and instead of embracing it and forgetting about your rivals, you still revolve your success as a comparison to Blackburn. The majority of Wigan, Blackburn and Bolton fans really didn't care about you lot when they were in the PL. What should be concerning you is the lack of ambition and lack of expenditure at your club. Realistically speaking, you are the worst team in the premier league and if you really intended on staying there then there would have been sensible measures taken for the long run, such as your lack of an international scouting network. On another note, I would take 12m for Rhodes if offered, but only if the remaining money post clauses was to be spent on reinforcements. If not, then no thanks.

Worst team based on 1 result ? - if that's true, then surely it's Newcastle who sit bottom at the moment.......but of course, we all know that's not true.

Come on, you can't honestly tell me your team is man for man better than any of the other teams in the league. No doubt your team will put in big shifts week after week, but that won't be enough.

Score: 0

TurfMoor Tom says...4:23pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Its all over now.

Its all over now.TurfMoor Tom

Its all over now.

Score: -5

A Darener says...4:26pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Let's call the whole thing off.

Let's call the whole thing off.A Darener

Let's call the whole thing off.

Score: 2

aviitt says...4:28pm Thu 21 Aug 14

If Hull return with an offer in excess of £10 million I think it's important that we accept it. In my humble opinion, even with Jordan we aren't quite good enough to gain promotion and we certainly won't be without him. Selling him for such a ridiculous amount of money plus his extremely high wages being taken away would all but ensure no severe FFP punishment. I think as it stands now the most important thing is the financial well being of the club. Obviously some of the money needs to be reinvested and there are areas that for us need greater improvement, however its his goals that are probably irreplaceable for us. Rhodes as an all round footballer and an all round contributor is certainly replaceable, but as a goalscorer no. Look on the bright side though, he's not even our best player! HA!

If Hull return with an offer in excess of £10 million I think it's important that we accept it. In my humble opinion, even with Jordan we aren't quite good enough to gain promotion and we certainly won't be without him. Selling him for such a ridiculous amount of money plus his extremely high wages being taken away would all but ensure no severe FFP punishment. I think as it stands now the most important thing is the financial well being of the club. Obviously some of the money needs to be reinvested and there are areas that for us need greater improvement, however its his goals that are probably irreplaceable for us. Rhodes as an all round footballer and an all round contributor is certainly replaceable, but as a goalscorer no. Look on the bright side though, he's not even our best player! HA!aviitt

If Hull return with an offer in excess of £10 million I think it's important that we accept it. In my humble opinion, even with Jordan we aren't quite good enough to gain promotion and we certainly won't be without him. Selling him for such a ridiculous amount of money plus his extremely high wages being taken away would all but ensure no severe FFP punishment. I think as it stands now the most important thing is the financial well being of the club. Obviously some of the money needs to be reinvested and there are areas that for us need greater improvement, however its his goals that are probably irreplaceable for us. Rhodes as an all round footballer and an all round contributor is certainly replaceable, but as a goalscorer no. Look on the bright side though, he's not even our best player! HA!

Score: 4

TurfMoor Tom says...4:29pm Thu 21 Aug 14

jimluftas wrote…

TurfMoor Tom wrote…

Unfortunately we cannot reinvest even £2m in the squad whilst carrying a loss of £30m+. Thats the whole idea of FFP I'm afraid. We can only spend within our means on the proviso that we carry a maximum annual loss of just £3m. Therefore all the money received for Rhodes will be used in an attempt to convince the FFP administrators that whilst we are non-compliant we are taking steps to reduce the deficit and work towards becoming self sufficient within the next two transfer windows as the club have already planned. This is all expected. The reason Rhodes was offered the contract extension only a month ago was to ensure that we receive a decent amount for the player after we settle what we owe to Huddersfield Town which is a basic £4m plus 20% of any future add-on. We can then expect to come out with £4m, plus a saving of £2m per year on salary. I'm afraid to say we can no longer turn down this kind of money. The big worry now is that we will struggle for consistency given that Rhodes goals have pretty much singlehandedly kept us in the Championship for 2 years running. Who will step up and become our 25 goal a season striker? Luke Varney? Chris Brown? I believe we are now entering the choppy waters of sh*t creek and we've just lost our paddle.

I believe you have never even kissed a girl. Get a grip of your life you sad weasel. It's ironic that you're 'disguising' yourself as a rovers fan and you spend so much time on our page.

I'm not sure about that. Does your sister count as a girl?

[quote][p][bold]jimluftas[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]TurfMoor Tom[/bold] wrote:
Unfortunately we cannot reinvest even £2m in the squad whilst carrying a loss of £30m+. Thats the whole idea of FFP I'm afraid. We can only spend within our means on the proviso that we carry a maximum annual loss of just £3m. Therefore all the money received for Rhodes will be used in an attempt to convince the FFP administrators that whilst we are non-compliant we are taking steps to reduce the deficit and work towards becoming self sufficient within the next two transfer windows as the club have already planned.
This is all expected. The reason Rhodes was offered the contract extension only a month ago was to ensure that we receive a decent amount for the player after we settle what we owe to Huddersfield Town which is a basic £4m plus 20% of any future add-on. We can then expect to come out with £4m, plus a saving of £2m per year on salary. I'm afraid to say we can no longer turn down this kind of money.
The big worry now is that we will struggle for consistency given that Rhodes goals have pretty much singlehandedly kept us in the Championship for 2 years running. Who will step up and become our 25 goal a season striker? Luke Varney? Chris Brown?
I believe we are now entering the choppy waters of sh*t creek and we've just lost our paddle.[/p][/quote]I believe you have never even kissed a girl. Get a grip of your life you sad weasel. It's ironic that you're 'disguising' yourself as a rovers fan and you spend so much time on our page.[/p][/quote]I'm not sure about that. Does your sister count as a girl?TurfMoor Tom

jimluftas wrote…

TurfMoor Tom wrote…

Unfortunately we cannot reinvest even £2m in the squad whilst carrying a loss of £30m+. Thats the whole idea of FFP I'm afraid. We can only spend within our means on the proviso that we carry a maximum annual loss of just £3m. Therefore all the money received for Rhodes will be used in an attempt to convince the FFP administrators that whilst we are non-compliant we are taking steps to reduce the deficit and work towards becoming self sufficient within the next two transfer windows as the club have already planned. This is all expected. The reason Rhodes was offered the contract extension only a month ago was to ensure that we receive a decent amount for the player after we settle what we owe to Huddersfield Town which is a basic £4m plus 20% of any future add-on. We can then expect to come out with £4m, plus a saving of £2m per year on salary. I'm afraid to say we can no longer turn down this kind of money. The big worry now is that we will struggle for consistency given that Rhodes goals have pretty much singlehandedly kept us in the Championship for 2 years running. Who will step up and become our 25 goal a season striker? Luke Varney? Chris Brown? I believe we are now entering the choppy waters of sh*t creek and we've just lost our paddle.

I believe you have never even kissed a girl. Get a grip of your life you sad weasel. It's ironic that you're 'disguising' yourself as a rovers fan and you spend so much time on our page.

I'm not sure about that. Does your sister count as a girl?

Score: 4

AnotherPounding4Burnley says...4:36pm Thu 21 Aug 14

A Darener wrote…

How about Status Quo...Down Down.....

As I have long suspected, you are a Burnley fan just like me and offer nothing but sly negativity on Rovers articles. Bid rejected you must be gutted

[quote][p][bold]A Darener[/bold] wrote:
How about Status Quo...Down Down.....[/p][/quote]As I have long suspected, you are a Burnley fan just like me and offer nothing but sly negativity on Rovers articles. Bid rejected you must be guttedAnotherPounding4Burnley

A Darener wrote…

How about Status Quo...Down Down.....

As I have long suspected, you are a Burnley fan just like me and offer nothing but sly negativity on Rovers articles. Bid rejected you must be gutted

Score: -15

A Darener says...4:42pm Thu 21 Aug 14

If it is true that the bid is rejected then thank goodness for that. I am deeply offended that anybody on these pages could even think for one micro second I would support Burnley. You are very much mistaken.

If it is true that the bid is rejected then thank goodness for that. I am deeply offended that anybody on these pages could even think for one micro second I would support Burnley.
You are very much mistaken.A Darener

If it is true that the bid is rejected then thank goodness for that. I am deeply offended that anybody on these pages could even think for one micro second I would support Burnley. You are very much mistaken.

Score: 0

Harwoodstblue says...4:42pm Thu 21 Aug 14

glynners wrote…

claret777 wrote…

jimluftas wrote…

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

Interesting that Bruce has'nt gone for Ings. Says it all really when he could have had him for half the price.

[quote][p][bold]glynners[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]claret777[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]jimluftas[/bold] wrote:
£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.[/p][/quote]Ha ha ha...here we go....now he's off he's not prem class.... £2 million ? Might buy you Ings shoelace (1)[/p][/quote]£0 will buy the full Ings at the end of the season, dont you worry[/p][/quote]Interesting that Bruce has'nt gone for Ings. Says it all really when he could have had him for half the price.Harwoodstblue

glynners wrote…

claret777 wrote…

jimluftas wrote…

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

Interesting that Bruce has'nt gone for Ings. Says it all really when he could have had him for half the price.

Score: 4

Pembina says...4:42pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Nuttall Street wrote…

I wouldn't swap 25 goals a season for £12m, if that is to be the bid. In any event this unwelcome news just underlines how very difficult it is to get back up there once you have fallen out of the Prem and what unforgivable, ever lasting , and huge damage those accursed Venkys have done to this once proud club, sadly no more. How they dare to show their hideous faces at Ewood Park defeats me. Thankfully, I don't go to Ewood Park any more to bend my knee to the Venkys. VENKYS OUT!

Can't agree with your attitude - If everyone felt the same way as you Ewood Park would be empty on match days, is that what you want? Venkys are not the best people in the world to run Blackburn Rovers football club, not by a long shot, but what personal harm have they done to you?. While you say you're not spending a penny more at Ewood, Venkys on the other hand have invested quite a respectable amount of cash into the club which begs the question who else would have done so. If you hate the venkys as much as you say, then why not just sign the divorce papers, ride off into the sunset never to be seen or heard of again - you won't be missed- You a Rovers supporter NEVER

[quote][p][bold]Nuttall Street[/bold] wrote:
I wouldn't swap 25 goals a season for £12m, if that is to be the bid.
In any event this unwelcome news just underlines how very difficult it is to get back up there once you have fallen out of the Prem and what unforgivable, ever lasting , and huge damage those accursed Venkys have done to this once proud club, sadly no more. How they dare to show their hideous faces at Ewood Park defeats me. Thankfully, I don't go to Ewood Park any more to bend my knee to the Venkys. VENKYS OUT![/p][/quote]Can't agree with your attitude - If everyone felt the same way as you Ewood Park would be empty on match days, is that what you want?
Venkys are not the best people in the world to run Blackburn Rovers football club, not by a long shot, but what personal harm have they done to you?. While you say you're not spending a penny more at Ewood, Venkys on the other hand have invested quite a respectable amount of cash into the club which begs the question who else would have done so. If you hate the venkys as much as you say, then why not just sign the divorce papers, ride off into the sunset never to be seen or heard of again - you won't be missed- You a Rovers supporter NEVERPembina

Nuttall Street wrote…

I wouldn't swap 25 goals a season for £12m, if that is to be the bid. In any event this unwelcome news just underlines how very difficult it is to get back up there once you have fallen out of the Prem and what unforgivable, ever lasting , and huge damage those accursed Venkys have done to this once proud club, sadly no more. How they dare to show their hideous faces at Ewood Park defeats me. Thankfully, I don't go to Ewood Park any more to bend my knee to the Venkys. VENKYS OUT!

Can't agree with your attitude - If everyone felt the same way as you Ewood Park would be empty on match days, is that what you want? Venkys are not the best people in the world to run Blackburn Rovers football club, not by a long shot, but what personal harm have they done to you?. While you say you're not spending a penny more at Ewood, Venkys on the other hand have invested quite a respectable amount of cash into the club which begs the question who else would have done so. If you hate the venkys as much as you say, then why not just sign the divorce papers, ride off into the sunset never to be seen or heard of again - you won't be missed- You a Rovers supporter NEVER

Score: -2

A Darener says...4:44pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Harwoodstblue wrote…

glynners wrote…

claret777 wrote…

jimluftas wrote…

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

Interesting that Bruce has'nt gone for Ings. Says it all really when he could have had him for half the price.

Why not go for Vokes as well?

[quote][p][bold]Harwoodstblue[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]glynners[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]claret777[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]jimluftas[/bold] wrote:
£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.[/p][/quote]Ha ha ha...here we go....now he's off he's not prem class.... £2 million ? Might buy you Ings shoelace (1)[/p][/quote]£0 will buy the full Ings at the end of the season, dont you worry[/p][/quote]Interesting that Bruce has'nt gone for Ings. Says it all really when he could have had him for half the price.[/p][/quote]Why not go for Vokes as well?A Darener

Harwoodstblue wrote…

glynners wrote…

claret777 wrote…

jimluftas wrote…

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

Interesting that Bruce has'nt gone for Ings. Says it all really when he could have had him for half the price.

Why not go for Vokes as well?

Score: -1

Chuck Norris' Roundhouse says...4:47pm Thu 21 Aug 14

AnotherPounding4Burn ley wrote…

A Darener wrote…

How about Status Quo...Down Down.....

As I have long suspected, you are a Burnley fan just like me and offer nothing but sly negativity on Rovers articles. Bid rejected you must be gutted

Yes, you are so obviously a Burnley fan because all Burnley fans would choose a username like you have and all Burnley fans just love to refer to ourselves as 'Us Dingles'. What you actually are, regardless of who you support, is a ****.

[quote][p][bold]AnotherPounding4Burn
ley[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]A Darener[/bold] wrote:
How about Status Quo...Down Down.....[/p][/quote]As I have long suspected, you are a Burnley fan just like me and offer nothing but sly negativity on Rovers articles. Bid rejected you must be gutted[/p][/quote]Yes, you are so obviously a Burnley fan because all Burnley fans would choose a username like you have and all Burnley fans just love to refer to ourselves as 'Us Dingles'.
What you actually are, regardless of who you support, is a ****.Chuck Norris' Roundhouse

AnotherPounding4Burn ley wrote…

A Darener wrote…

How about Status Quo...Down Down.....

As I have long suspected, you are a Burnley fan just like me and offer nothing but sly negativity on Rovers articles. Bid rejected you must be gutted

Yes, you are so obviously a Burnley fan because all Burnley fans would choose a username like you have and all Burnley fans just love to refer to ourselves as 'Us Dingles'. What you actually are, regardless of who you support, is a ****.

Score: 6

madari says...4:48pm Thu 21 Aug 14

jimluftas wrote…

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

Madari the snake charmer says: Half of the speculated £12 million is still owed to Huddersfield town you clown (H Town the Rodent Rhodes` previous club) The future is Premier the future is Claret & Blue!!! hahahahahaha!!!!

[quote][p][bold]jimluftas[/bold] wrote:
£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.[/p][/quote]Madari the snake charmer says:
Half of the speculated £12 million is still owed to Huddersfield town you clown (H Town the Rodent Rhodes` previous club)
The future is Premier the future is Claret & Blue!!! hahahahahaha!!!!madari

jimluftas wrote…

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

Madari the snake charmer says: Half of the speculated £12 million is still owed to Huddersfield town you clown (H Town the Rodent Rhodes` previous club) The future is Premier the future is Claret & Blue!!! hahahahahaha!!!!

Score: 7

aviitt says...4:48pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Regarding FFP, if you read the full 90 page rule book it says that if clubs are blatantly seen to be trying (with a reasonable amount of success) to cut their losses then they will be more likely to be afforded a lighter punishment. I can't think of any club that has made a greater effort to balance their books than we have, especially if we sell Rhodes.

Regarding FFP, if you read the full 90 page rule book it says that if clubs are blatantly seen to be trying (with a reasonable amount of success) to cut their losses then they will be more likely to be afforded a lighter punishment. I can't think of any club that has made a greater effort to balance their books than we have, especially if we sell Rhodes.aviitt

Regarding FFP, if you read the full 90 page rule book it says that if clubs are blatantly seen to be trying (with a reasonable amount of success) to cut their losses then they will be more likely to be afforded a lighter punishment. I can't think of any club that has made a greater effort to balance their books than we have, especially if we sell Rhodes.

Score: 1

Its Only a game boy says...4:48pm Thu 21 Aug 14

A Darener wrote…

Harwoodstblue wrote…

glynners wrote…

claret777 wrote…

jimluftas wrote…

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

Interesting that Bruce has'nt gone for Ings. Says it all really when he could have had him for half the price.

Why not go for Vokes as well?

Vokes said if he were to ever leave Burnley it would b for another football club

[quote][p][bold]A Darener[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]Harwoodstblue[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]glynners[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]claret777[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]jimluftas[/bold] wrote:
£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.[/p][/quote]Ha ha ha...here we go....now he's off he's not prem class.... £2 million ? Might buy you Ings shoelace (1)[/p][/quote]£0 will buy the full Ings at the end of the season, dont you worry[/p][/quote]Interesting that Bruce has'nt gone for Ings. Says it all really when he could have had him for half the price.[/p][/quote]Why not go for Vokes as well?[/p][/quote]Vokes said if he were to ever leave Burnley it would b for another football clubIts Only a game boy

A Darener wrote…

Harwoodstblue wrote…

glynners wrote…

claret777 wrote…

jimluftas wrote…

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

Interesting that Bruce has'nt gone for Ings. Says it all really when he could have had him for half the price.

Why not go for Vokes as well?

Vokes said if he were to ever leave Burnley it would b for another football club

Score: 2

French Rover says...4:58pm Thu 21 Aug 14

milnrow claret wrote…

Hard to tell the real fan reactions from the trolls these days. Honest unbiased (as possible) view on it is: At 12 million plus the wages he is on you'll be able to get two or three quality players in. I'd say it's a good deal if GB has a plan in place and has his eyes on a few players. You might struggle to make the signings happen in time for the window closing but you'll almost break even on a player who has given a lot to the club since arriving

Fair comments MC. Most football fans would acknowledge the fact that decent strikers who can `consistently` get you 20 + goals a season are a very rare commodity these days. If you do find one (like Rhodes) then you are only going to have him for a short time, even if you are a Man United or an Arsenal! You just have to enjoy the goals he scores for your team whilst he is at your club and then wish him well in the future when he moves on. Rhodes has done this at all the different levels that he has played at in his career to date - plus he has sound International experience. I am just surprised he even started the season with us to be honest. Yes we will sorely miss the 20 plus goals he would have undeniably have scored for us this season, but Rovers have to manage this and get a decent replacement in. His departure was probably in the Rovers directors minds when they got Rhodes to sign the long contract a few weeks ago, at least this will ensure we get top dollar for him when he does go. I don`t think he will go cheaply though, 12 million will be the bottom line, (plus add-ons) especially when you see that Hull sold Shane Long for that price. I know that Jordan Rhodes is a much, much better striker than Long, and I think Bruce knows that as well....

[quote][p][bold]milnrow claret[/bold] wrote:
Hard to tell the real fan reactions from the trolls these days. Honest unbiased (as possible) view on it is:
At 12 million plus the wages he is on you'll be able to get two or three quality players in. I'd say it's a good deal if GB has a plan in place and has his eyes on a few players. You might struggle to make the signings happen in time for the window closing but you'll almost break even on a player who has given a lot to the club since arriving[/p][/quote]Fair comments MC. Most football fans would acknowledge the fact that decent strikers who can `consistently` get you 20 + goals a season are a very rare commodity these days.
If you do find one (like Rhodes) then you are only going to have him for a short time, even if you are a Man United or an Arsenal! You just have to enjoy the goals he scores for your team whilst he is at your club and then wish him well in the future when he moves on.
Rhodes has done this at all the different levels that he has played at in his career to date - plus he has sound International experience. I am just surprised he even started the season with us to be honest.
Yes we will sorely miss the 20 plus goals he would have undeniably have scored for us this season, but Rovers have to manage this and get a decent replacement in.
His departure was probably in the Rovers directors minds when they got Rhodes to sign the long contract a few weeks ago, at least this will ensure we get top dollar for him when he does go.
I don`t think he will go cheaply though, 12 million will be the bottom line, (plus add-ons) especially when you see that Hull sold Shane Long for that price. I know that Jordan Rhodes is a much, much better striker than Long, and I think Bruce knows that as well....French Rover

milnrow claret wrote…

Hard to tell the real fan reactions from the trolls these days. Honest unbiased (as possible) view on it is: At 12 million plus the wages he is on you'll be able to get two or three quality players in. I'd say it's a good deal if GB has a plan in place and has his eyes on a few players. You might struggle to make the signings happen in time for the window closing but you'll almost break even on a player who has given a lot to the club since arriving

Fair comments MC. Most football fans would acknowledge the fact that decent strikers who can `consistently` get you 20 + goals a season are a very rare commodity these days. If you do find one (like Rhodes) then you are only going to have him for a short time, even if you are a Man United or an Arsenal! You just have to enjoy the goals he scores for your team whilst he is at your club and then wish him well in the future when he moves on. Rhodes has done this at all the different levels that he has played at in his career to date - plus he has sound International experience. I am just surprised he even started the season with us to be honest. Yes we will sorely miss the 20 plus goals he would have undeniably have scored for us this season, but Rovers have to manage this and get a decent replacement in. His departure was probably in the Rovers directors minds when they got Rhodes to sign the long contract a few weeks ago, at least this will ensure we get top dollar for him when he does go. I don`t think he will go cheaply though, 12 million will be the bottom line, (plus add-ons) especially when you see that Hull sold Shane Long for that price. I know that Jordan Rhodes is a much, much better striker than Long, and I think Bruce knows that as well....

Score: 5

tall in the saddle says...5:01pm Thu 21 Aug 14

TurfMoor Tom wrote…

And there we have it ladies and gentlemen. Our Championship status is coming to an end as the one player who has kept us up for the last two seasons gets his long awaited move. I told you all that this would happen. I told you the day he put pen to paper on his new contract with a knowing smirk that said it all. A clause allowing him to talk to a premier league club means we lose our talisman and join the ranks of the dross at the low end of the division with all our hopes pinned on a Doncaster Rovers reject stepping up his game to score the 25 goals we need to stay alive in the Championship. What a complete shambles.

Come on what about Reg? Tailor made replacement.

[quote][p][bold]TurfMoor Tom[/bold] wrote:
And there we have it ladies and gentlemen. Our Championship status is coming to an end as the one player who has kept us up for the last two seasons gets his long awaited move.
I told you all that this would happen. I told you the day he put pen to paper on his new contract with a knowing smirk that said it all. A clause allowing him to talk to a premier league club means we lose our talisman and join the ranks of the dross at the low end of the division with all our hopes pinned on a Doncaster Rovers reject stepping up his game to score the 25 goals we need to stay alive in the Championship.
What a complete shambles.[/p][/quote]Come on what about Reg? Tailor made replacement.tall in the saddle

TurfMoor Tom wrote…

And there we have it ladies and gentlemen. Our Championship status is coming to an end as the one player who has kept us up for the last two seasons gets his long awaited move. I told you all that this would happen. I told you the day he put pen to paper on his new contract with a knowing smirk that said it all. A clause allowing him to talk to a premier league club means we lose our talisman and join the ranks of the dross at the low end of the division with all our hopes pinned on a Doncaster Rovers reject stepping up his game to score the 25 goals we need to stay alive in the Championship. What a complete shambles.

Come on what about Reg? Tailor made replacement.

Score: 1

To.guy says...5:06pm Thu 21 Aug 14

mammamiauk wrote…

Looks like Rhodes could be off despite signing a new contract at Rovers. All it takes these days is more money in the bank for a player and although Rhodes has reiterated that he is happy at Rovers, he does not have control when it comes to the decision of the club's owners, especially if they wish to cash in.

I really can't understand why football fans still put any significance on players signing new contracts. Its meaningless in relation to stability. Rhodes is a top professional. Scored under all his managers but don't think weve seen the best of him under Bowyer because he doesn't set up to Rhodes Strengths

[quote][p][bold]mammamiauk[/bold] wrote:
Looks like Rhodes could be off despite signing a new contract at Rovers. All it takes these days is more money in the bank for a player and although Rhodes has reiterated that he is happy at Rovers, he does not have control when it comes to the decision of the club's owners, especially if they wish to cash in.[/p][/quote]I really can't understand why football fans still put any significance on players signing new contracts. Its meaningless in relation to stability. Rhodes is a top professional. Scored under all his managers but don't think weve seen the best of him under Bowyer because he doesn't set up to Rhodes StrengthsTo.guy

mammamiauk wrote…

Looks like Rhodes could be off despite signing a new contract at Rovers. All it takes these days is more money in the bank for a player and although Rhodes has reiterated that he is happy at Rovers, he does not have control when it comes to the decision of the club's owners, especially if they wish to cash in.

I really can't understand why football fans still put any significance on players signing new contracts. Its meaningless in relation to stability. Rhodes is a top professional. Scored under all his managers but don't think weve seen the best of him under Bowyer because he doesn't set up to Rhodes Strengths

Score: 2

jim 2012 says...5:10pm Thu 21 Aug 14

claret777 wrote…

claret777 wrote…

Looks like he's off...normally the club come out straightaway and say he's not for sale...but this time it's been past to the owners....with the club still heavenly in debt this will pay a potion of it back...whose next ?

Heavenly in debt...get it ? No...neither do I...heavily !

UPDATE: Blackburn Rovers reject Hull City bid for Jordan Rhodes that quick enough for you dingles

[quote][p][bold]claret777[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]claret777[/bold] wrote:
Looks like he's off...normally the club come out straightaway and say he's not for sale...but this time it's been past to the owners....with the club still heavenly in debt this will pay a potion of it back...whose next ?[/p][/quote]Heavenly in debt...get it ? No...neither do I...heavily ![/p][/quote]UPDATE: Blackburn Rovers reject Hull City bid for Jordan Rhodes
that quick enough for you dinglesjim 2012

claret777 wrote…

claret777 wrote…

Looks like he's off...normally the club come out straightaway and say he's not for sale...but this time it's been past to the owners....with the club still heavenly in debt this will pay a potion of it back...whose next ?

Heavenly in debt...get it ? No...neither do I...heavily !

UPDATE: Blackburn Rovers reject Hull City bid for Jordan Rhodes that quick enough for you dingles

Score: -11

A Rover 45 years and over says...5:10pm Thu 21 Aug 14

What will be will be. He's not been prolific since Gestede came in January. He doesn't seem to do so well with another striker. His all round contribution is poor, Can't see him scoring 20 odd goals this season on present form plus he has got them to give a better contract recently. Maybe they feel it's time to get their money back because that will be difficult if he doesn't score many goals this season.

What will be will be. He's not been prolific since Gestede came in January. He doesn't seem to do so well with another striker. His all round contribution is poor, Can't see him scoring 20 odd goals this season on present form plus he has got them to give a better contract recently. Maybe they feel it's time to get their money back because that will be difficult if he doesn't score many goals this season.A Rover 45 years and over

What will be will be. He's not been prolific since Gestede came in January. He doesn't seem to do so well with another striker. His all round contribution is poor, Can't see him scoring 20 odd goals this season on present form plus he has got them to give a better contract recently. Maybe they feel it's time to get their money back because that will be difficult if he doesn't score many goals this season.

Score: -3

Stone Island: says...5:10pm Thu 21 Aug 14

I guess there's going to be some sister pounding going on in Burnley tonight.

I guess there's going to be some sister pounding going on in Burnley tonight.Stone Island:

I guess there's going to be some sister pounding going on in Burnley tonight.

Wouldn't sell him for a penny under 12 mill. McCormack went for 9 mill and Rhodes has outscored him consistantly season after season. If he goes we need to use some of it to strengthen in other areas to improve the squad as a whole. Hope he stays but we desperately need to strengthen in defence and we need a midfield hard man.

Wouldn't sell him for a penny under 12 mill. McCormack went for 9 mill and Rhodes has outscored him consistantly season after season.
If he goes we need to use some of it to strengthen in other areas to improve the squad as a whole. Hope he stays but we desperately need to strengthen in defence and we need a midfield hard man.Harwoodstblue

Wouldn't sell him for a penny under 12 mill. McCormack went for 9 mill and Rhodes has outscored him consistantly season after season. If he goes we need to use some of it to strengthen in other areas to improve the squad as a whole. Hope he stays but we desperately need to strengthen in defence and we need a midfield hard man.

Score: 4

mark anthony says...5:22pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Money talks 1st bid 8million. Then they come in with 8.5million plus add ons. Venky s. Will say thank you very much detail deal done. Mr bowyer the floor is all yours. Explain that ( puppet on a string Mr yes man)

Money talks 1st bid 8million. Then they come in with 8.5million plus add ons. Venky s. Will say thank you very much detail deal done. Mr bowyer the floor is all yours. Explain that ( puppet on a string Mr yes man)mark anthony

Money talks 1st bid 8million. Then they come in with 8.5million plus add ons. Venky s. Will say thank you very much detail deal done. Mr bowyer the floor is all yours. Explain that ( puppet on a string Mr yes man)

Just read that. It looks like 15 mill might be enough to put them off.

Score: 3

jim 2012 says...5:23pm Thu 21 Aug 14

claret777 wrote…

Ewood_Mark wrote…

Oh dear. Just think, the chances are Fleetwood Town will be in a higher division than us next season? Looks like Venkys want to do a Karl Oyston and rob us for all we are worth, which isn't much by the way. Chicken stock, laughing stock.

No...Venkys are not robbing you...you owe them cash.

it is a loan not a debt

[quote][p][bold]claret777[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]Ewood_Mark[/bold] wrote:
Oh dear. Just think, the chances are Fleetwood Town will be in a higher division than us next season?
Looks like Venkys want to do a Karl Oyston and rob us for all we are worth, which isn't much by the way.
Chicken stock, laughing stock.[/p][/quote]No...Venkys are not robbing you...you owe them cash.[/p][/quote]it is a loan not a debtjim 2012

claret777 wrote…

Ewood_Mark wrote…

Oh dear. Just think, the chances are Fleetwood Town will be in a higher division than us next season? Looks like Venkys want to do a Karl Oyston and rob us for all we are worth, which isn't much by the way. Chicken stock, laughing stock.

No...Venkys are not robbing you...you owe them cash.

it is a loan not a debt

Score: -14

Garylla says...5:25pm Thu 21 Aug 14

claret777 wrote…

claret777 wrote…

Looks like he's off...normally the club come out straightaway and say he's not for sale...but this time it's been past to the owners....with the club still heavenly in debt this will pay a potion of it back...whose next ?

Heavenly in debt...get it ? No...neither do I...heavily !

"Passed" to the owners and "who's" next...just want to help the standards on the Rovers thread. If Rovers are offered £12m who would turn it down ? If the Dingles we're offered a combined £12m for all their strikers they'd take it. Big Sam will be offering £12m for Rudy in January. Gaz, you need to be looking for another goalscorer or the Venkys need to demonstrate their support for a promotion push by rejecting any offer under £15m. COYB

[quote][p][bold]claret777[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]claret777[/bold] wrote:
Looks like he's off...normally the club come out straightaway and say he's not for sale...but this time it's been past to the owners....with the club still heavenly in debt this will pay a potion of it back...whose next ?[/p][/quote]Heavenly in debt...get it ? No...neither do I...heavily ![/p][/quote]"Passed" to the owners and "who's" next...just want to help the standards on the Rovers thread.
If Rovers are offered £12m who would turn it down ? If the Dingles we're offered a combined £12m for all their strikers they'd take it. Big Sam will be offering £12m for Rudy in January. Gaz, you need to be looking for another goalscorer or the Venkys need to demonstrate their support for a promotion push by rejecting any offer under £15m. COYBGarylla

claret777 wrote…

claret777 wrote…

Looks like he's off...normally the club come out straightaway and say he's not for sale...but this time it's been past to the owners....with the club still heavenly in debt this will pay a potion of it back...whose next ?

Heavenly in debt...get it ? No...neither do I...heavily !

"Passed" to the owners and "who's" next...just want to help the standards on the Rovers thread. If Rovers are offered £12m who would turn it down ? If the Dingles we're offered a combined £12m for all their strikers they'd take it. Big Sam will be offering £12m for Rudy in January. Gaz, you need to be looking for another goalscorer or the Venkys need to demonstrate their support for a promotion push by rejecting any offer under £15m. COYB

Score: -4

mark anthony says...5:26pm Thu 21 Aug 14

studentrover1995 wrote…

He has signed a new contract during this transfer window. There should be rules against the availability of players who have recently signed a new contract because, even if the transfer does not go through, it is completely disrespectful of the bidding club to both the player for unsettling him when he has already made a decision about his future not so long ago and the club who had hoped to have ended speculation by getting the player to sign a new contract. But hey, who cares about respect in football anymore?

That's football. Blame agents, clubs owners even family members a contract doesn't mean anything these days. It's not worth the paper it's written on

[quote][p][bold]studentrover1995[/bold] wrote:
He has signed a new contract during this transfer window. There should be rules against the availability of players who have recently signed a new contract because, even if the transfer does not go through, it is completely disrespectful of the bidding club to both the player for unsettling him when he has already made a decision about his future not so long ago and the club who had hoped to have ended speculation by getting the player to sign a new contract. But hey, who cares about respect in football anymore?[/p][/quote]That's football. Blame agents, clubs owners even family members a contract doesn't mean anything these days. It's not worth the paper it's written onmark anthony

studentrover1995 wrote…

He has signed a new contract during this transfer window. There should be rules against the availability of players who have recently signed a new contract because, even if the transfer does not go through, it is completely disrespectful of the bidding club to both the player for unsettling him when he has already made a decision about his future not so long ago and the club who had hoped to have ended speculation by getting the player to sign a new contract. But hey, who cares about respect in football anymore?

That's football. Blame agents, clubs owners even family members a contract doesn't mean anything these days. It's not worth the paper it's written on

Score: -1

mark anthony says...5:26pm Thu 21 Aug 14

studentrover1995 wrote…

He has signed a new contract during this transfer window. There should be rules against the availability of players who have recently signed a new contract because, even if the transfer does not go through, it is completely disrespectful of the bidding club to both the player for unsettling him when he has already made a decision about his future not so long ago and the club who had hoped to have ended speculation by getting the player to sign a new contract. But hey, who cares about respect in football anymore?

That's football. Blame agents, clubs owners even family members a contract doesn't mean anything these days. It's not worth the paper it's written on

[quote][p][bold]studentrover1995[/bold] wrote:
He has signed a new contract during this transfer window. There should be rules against the availability of players who have recently signed a new contract because, even if the transfer does not go through, it is completely disrespectful of the bidding club to both the player for unsettling him when he has already made a decision about his future not so long ago and the club who had hoped to have ended speculation by getting the player to sign a new contract. But hey, who cares about respect in football anymore?[/p][/quote]That's football. Blame agents, clubs owners even family members a contract doesn't mean anything these days. It's not worth the paper it's written onmark anthony

studentrover1995 wrote…

He has signed a new contract during this transfer window. There should be rules against the availability of players who have recently signed a new contract because, even if the transfer does not go through, it is completely disrespectful of the bidding club to both the player for unsettling him when he has already made a decision about his future not so long ago and the club who had hoped to have ended speculation by getting the player to sign a new contract. But hey, who cares about respect in football anymore?

That's football. Blame agents, clubs owners even family members a contract doesn't mean anything these days. It's not worth the paper it's written on

Score: 1

aviitt says...5:26pm Thu 21 Aug 14

A Darener wrote…

Harwoodstblue wrote…

glynners wrote…

claret777 wrote…

jimluftas wrote…

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

Interesting that Bruce has'nt gone for Ings. Says it all really when he could have had him for half the price.

Why not go for Vokes as well?

Vokes is ****

[quote][p][bold]A Darener[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]Harwoodstblue[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]glynners[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]claret777[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]jimluftas[/bold] wrote:
£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.[/p][/quote]Ha ha ha...here we go....now he's off he's not prem class.... £2 million ? Might buy you Ings shoelace (1)[/p][/quote]£0 will buy the full Ings at the end of the season, dont you worry[/p][/quote]Interesting that Bruce has'nt gone for Ings. Says it all really when he could have had him for half the price.[/p][/quote]Why not go for Vokes as well?[/p][/quote]Vokes is ****aviitt

A Darener wrote…

Harwoodstblue wrote…

glynners wrote…

claret777 wrote…

jimluftas wrote…

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

Interesting that Bruce has'nt gone for Ings. Says it all really when he could have had him for half the price.

Why not go for Vokes as well?

Vokes is ****

Score: 0

Raymond Ban says...5:34pm Thu 21 Aug 14

If he does good luck to him. It's the football food chain and we've been here many times before & from both sides of the fence. Of course it's a sickner but what would be really sickening is if we mince about trying to keep hold of him and end up selling him when it's too late to find a decent replacement.

If he does good luck to him. It's the football food chain and we've been here many times before & from both sides of the fence. Of course it's a sickner but what would be really sickening is if we mince about trying to keep hold of him and end up selling him when it's too late to find a decent replacement.Raymond Ban

If he does good luck to him. It's the football food chain and we've been here many times before & from both sides of the fence. Of course it's a sickner but what would be really sickening is if we mince about trying to keep hold of him and end up selling him when it's too late to find a decent replacement.

Score: -2

Stone Island: says...5:35pm Thu 21 Aug 14

mark anthony wrote…

studentrover1995 wrote…

He has signed a new contract during this transfer window. There should be rules against the availability of players who have recently signed a new contract because, even if the transfer does not go through, it is completely disrespectful of the bidding club to both the player for unsettling him when he has already made a decision about his future not so long ago and the club who had hoped to have ended speculation by getting the player to sign a new contract. But hey, who cares about respect in football anymore?

That's football. Blame agents, clubs owners even family members a contract doesn't mean anything these days. It's not worth the paper it's written on

By him signing the contract extension, at least ensures that we'll get the best price. It's better than letting his contract run down, like the idiotic Dingle board have done with Ings.

[quote][p][bold]mark anthony[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]studentrover1995[/bold] wrote:
He has signed a new contract during this transfer window. There should be rules against the availability of players who have recently signed a new contract because, even if the transfer does not go through, it is completely disrespectful of the bidding club to both the player for unsettling him when he has already made a decision about his future not so long ago and the club who had hoped to have ended speculation by getting the player to sign a new contract. But hey, who cares about respect in football anymore?[/p][/quote]That's football. Blame agents, clubs owners even family members a contract doesn't mean anything these days. It's not worth the paper it's written on[/p][/quote]By him signing the contract extension, at least ensures that we'll get the best price. It's better than letting his contract run down, like the idiotic Dingle board have done with Ings.Stone Island:

mark anthony wrote…

studentrover1995 wrote…

He has signed a new contract during this transfer window. There should be rules against the availability of players who have recently signed a new contract because, even if the transfer does not go through, it is completely disrespectful of the bidding club to both the player for unsettling him when he has already made a decision about his future not so long ago and the club who had hoped to have ended speculation by getting the player to sign a new contract. But hey, who cares about respect in football anymore?

That's football. Blame agents, clubs owners even family members a contract doesn't mean anything these days. It's not worth the paper it's written on

By him signing the contract extension, at least ensures that we'll get the best price. It's better than letting his contract run down, like the idiotic Dingle board have done with Ings.

Score: 5

AnotherPounding4Burnley says...5:48pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Chuck Norris' Roundhouse wrote…

AnotherPounding4Burn ley wrote…

A Darener wrote…

How about Status Quo...Down Down.....

As I have long suspected, you are a Burnley fan just like me and offer nothing but sly negativity on Rovers articles. Bid rejected you must be gutted

Yes, you are so obviously a Burnley fan because all Burnley fans would choose a username like you have and all Burnley fans just love to refer to ourselves as 'Us Dingles'. What you actually are, regardless of who you support, is a ****.

Hello chuckie wookie you little tyke you, us dingles should stick together as thre are less than 13000 of us so why you getting at me for posting the truth about us being relegation fodder? We have signed no-one of any standing whilst others make bids for decent players, christ even lansbury wants to stay at Forrest and Bryson snubbed us as well. We must be really sh1tt

[quote][p][bold]Chuck Norris' Roundhouse[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]AnotherPounding4Burn
ley[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]A Darener[/bold] wrote:
How about Status Quo...Down Down.....[/p][/quote]As I have long suspected, you are a Burnley fan just like me and offer nothing but sly negativity on Rovers articles. Bid rejected you must be gutted[/p][/quote]Yes, you are so obviously a Burnley fan because all Burnley fans would choose a username like you have and all Burnley fans just love to refer to ourselves as 'Us Dingles'.
What you actually are, regardless of who you support, is a ****.[/p][/quote]Hello chuckie wookie you little tyke you, us dingles should stick together as thre are less than 13000 of us so why you getting at me for posting the truth about us being relegation fodder? We have signed no-one of any standing whilst others make bids for decent players, christ even lansbury wants to stay at Forrest and Bryson snubbed us as well. We must be really sh1ttAnotherPounding4Burnley

Chuck Norris' Roundhouse wrote…

AnotherPounding4Burn ley wrote…

A Darener wrote…

How about Status Quo...Down Down.....

As I have long suspected, you are a Burnley fan just like me and offer nothing but sly negativity on Rovers articles. Bid rejected you must be gutted

Yes, you are so obviously a Burnley fan because all Burnley fans would choose a username like you have and all Burnley fans just love to refer to ourselves as 'Us Dingles'. What you actually are, regardless of who you support, is a ****.

Hello chuckie wookie you little tyke you, us dingles should stick together as thre are less than 13000 of us so why you getting at me for posting the truth about us being relegation fodder? We have signed no-one of any standing whilst others make bids for decent players, christ even lansbury wants to stay at Forrest and Bryson snubbed us as well. We must be really sh1tt

Score: -7

Harwoodstblue says...5:48pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Well I guess this is the acid test for Venkys. We'll soon find out what their intentions and ambitions are after repeatedly telling us Rhodes is not for sale.

Well I guess this is the acid test for Venkys. We'll soon find out what their intentions and ambitions are after repeatedly telling us Rhodes is not for sale.Harwoodstblue

Well I guess this is the acid test for Venkys. We'll soon find out what their intentions and ambitions are after repeatedly telling us Rhodes is not for sale.

Score: 5

baldie says...6:03pm Thu 21 Aug 14

French Rover wrote…

milnrow claret wrote…

Hard to tell the real fan reactions from the trolls these days. Honest unbiased (as possible) view on it is: At 12 million plus the wages he is on you'll be able to get two or three quality players in. I'd say it's a good deal if GB has a plan in place and has his eyes on a few players. You might struggle to make the signings happen in time for the window closing but you'll almost break even on a player who has given a lot to the club since arriving

Fair comments MC. Most football fans would acknowledge the fact that decent strikers who can `consistently` get you 20 + goals a season are a very rare commodity these days. If you do find one (like Rhodes) then you are only going to have him for a short time, even if you are a Man United or an Arsenal! You just have to enjoy the goals he scores for your team whilst he is at your club and then wish him well in the future when he moves on. Rhodes has done this at all the different levels that he has played at in his career to date - plus he has sound International experience. I am just surprised he even started the season with us to be honest. Yes we will sorely miss the 20 plus goals he would have undeniably have scored for us this season, but Rovers have to manage this and get a decent replacement in. His departure was probably in the Rovers directors minds when they got Rhodes to sign the long contract a few weeks ago, at least this will ensure we get top dollar for him when he does go. I don`t think he will go cheaply though, 12 million will be the bottom line, (plus add-ons) especially when you see that Hull sold Shane Long for that price. I know that Jordan Rhodes is a much, much better striker than Long, and I think Bruce knows that as well....

Rovers hold all the aces on this one Frenchy.as you say.Our neighbours laughed when they gave him a new contract,but it just goes to show that investment in the right player is money well spent.We wouldn't want one of our main men walking away for free next summer. Interesting,though,t hat we hadn't heard anything about this until last night/today. If the player wants to push a move through,then you normally hear about it beforehand.That would suggest to me that this is a genuine bid from the Hull side. I sincerely hope that Rhodes wants to stay.Nobody seems to have considered that he may not want to move.Here's hoping eh?

[quote][p][bold]French Rover[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]milnrow claret[/bold] wrote:
Hard to tell the real fan reactions from the trolls these days. Honest unbiased (as possible) view on it is:
At 12 million plus the wages he is on you'll be able to get two or three quality players in. I'd say it's a good deal if GB has a plan in place and has his eyes on a few players. You might struggle to make the signings happen in time for the window closing but you'll almost break even on a player who has given a lot to the club since arriving[/p][/quote]Fair comments MC. Most football fans would acknowledge the fact that decent strikers who can `consistently` get you 20 + goals a season are a very rare commodity these days.
If you do find one (like Rhodes) then you are only going to have him for a short time, even if you are a Man United or an Arsenal! You just have to enjoy the goals he scores for your team whilst he is at your club and then wish him well in the future when he moves on.
Rhodes has done this at all the different levels that he has played at in his career to date - plus he has sound International experience. I am just surprised he even started the season with us to be honest.
Yes we will sorely miss the 20 plus goals he would have undeniably have scored for us this season, but Rovers have to manage this and get a decent replacement in.
His departure was probably in the Rovers directors minds when they got Rhodes to sign the long contract a few weeks ago, at least this will ensure we get top dollar for him when he does go.
I don`t think he will go cheaply though, 12 million will be the bottom line, (plus add-ons) especially when you see that Hull sold Shane Long for that price. I know that Jordan Rhodes is a much, much better striker than Long, and I think Bruce knows that as well....[/p][/quote]Rovers hold all the aces on this one Frenchy.as you say.Our neighbours laughed when they gave him a new contract,but it just goes to show that investment in the right player is money well spent.We wouldn't want one of our main men walking away for free next summer.
Interesting,though,t
hat we hadn't heard anything about this until last night/today.
If the player wants to push a move through,then you normally hear about it beforehand.That would suggest to me that this is a genuine bid from the Hull side.
I sincerely hope that Rhodes wants to stay.Nobody seems to have considered that he may not want to move.Here's hoping eh?baldie

French Rover wrote…

milnrow claret wrote…

Hard to tell the real fan reactions from the trolls these days. Honest unbiased (as possible) view on it is: At 12 million plus the wages he is on you'll be able to get two or three quality players in. I'd say it's a good deal if GB has a plan in place and has his eyes on a few players. You might struggle to make the signings happen in time for the window closing but you'll almost break even on a player who has given a lot to the club since arriving

Fair comments MC. Most football fans would acknowledge the fact that decent strikers who can `consistently` get you 20 + goals a season are a very rare commodity these days. If you do find one (like Rhodes) then you are only going to have him for a short time, even if you are a Man United or an Arsenal! You just have to enjoy the goals he scores for your team whilst he is at your club and then wish him well in the future when he moves on. Rhodes has done this at all the different levels that he has played at in his career to date - plus he has sound International experience. I am just surprised he even started the season with us to be honest. Yes we will sorely miss the 20 plus goals he would have undeniably have scored for us this season, but Rovers have to manage this and get a decent replacement in. His departure was probably in the Rovers directors minds when they got Rhodes to sign the long contract a few weeks ago, at least this will ensure we get top dollar for him when he does go. I don`t think he will go cheaply though, 12 million will be the bottom line, (plus add-ons) especially when you see that Hull sold Shane Long for that price. I know that Jordan Rhodes is a much, much better striker than Long, and I think Bruce knows that as well....

Rovers hold all the aces on this one Frenchy.as you say.Our neighbours laughed when they gave him a new contract,but it just goes to show that investment in the right player is money well spent.We wouldn't want one of our main men walking away for free next summer. Interesting,though,t hat we hadn't heard anything about this until last night/today. If the player wants to push a move through,then you normally hear about it beforehand.That would suggest to me that this is a genuine bid from the Hull side. I sincerely hope that Rhodes wants to stay.Nobody seems to have considered that he may not want to move.Here's hoping eh?

Score: 3

oggy 56 says...6:05pm Thu 21 Aug 14

claret777 wrote…

claret777 wrote…

jimluftas wrote…

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

[quote][p][bold]claret777[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]claret777[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]jimluftas[/bold] wrote:
£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.[/p][/quote]Ha ha ha...here we go....now he's off he's not prem class.... £2 million ? Might buy you Ings shoelace (1)[/p][/quote]Sorry...bootlace....
.so excited excuse me.[/p][/quote]ings is going in jan or before freedom off contract hahahaoggy 56

claret777 wrote…

claret777 wrote…

jimluftas wrote…

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

My only surprise is that the bid wasn't for Gastede because Rhoades hasn't cut the mustard so far this season and was distinctly average towards the end of last season.

My only surprise is that the bid wasn't for Gastede because Rhoades hasn't cut the mustard so far this season and was distinctly average towards the end of last season.Iiii1111

My only surprise is that the bid wasn't for Gastede because Rhoades hasn't cut the mustard so far this season and was distinctly average towards the end of last season.

Score: 6

DanBlackburn says...6:12pm Thu 21 Aug 14

glynners wrote…

DanBlackburn wrote…

It wasn't that long ago we were chanting about "Don't sell the Rhodes...riot etc" now some on this board seem resigned to losing him? Are you all mad, talking about limited contributions other than scoring 20 plus goals. The lad is a fantastic finisher. Yes he has his poor spells like everyone but he is our poster boy and best player by a mile. If Venkys sell him then they will get a lot of people very angry after encouraging the optimism around Ewood at the moment. The clear message they will send is - you are in the Championship for good. Get used to it. Would any ambitious club sell their most talented player if they had true ambition? God I hate Venkys and what they have and continue to do to us.

As others have pointed out.. we have sold bigger & better players than Rhodes before Venkys came and will continue to do so after Venkys leave. Good players want to play at a higher level at some point in their career, if we dont get promotion again this season he'll be gone

Glynners what is your point here. We know that better players have passed through Ewood over the years. Are you trying to be some laid back all seeing sage whose wisdom will ensure its all Ok? We are commenting on the here and now. In the past 20 years we had our premiership status to ensure we could sign decent replacement. Look who we signed over the summer - Varney and Brown FFS. Rhodes is our best player. We love him and want him to stay. As above in my opinion, Venkys will show their true colours yet again if they betray us, the fans, and the club by selling him. That's all. In the long run we are all dead.

[quote][p][bold]glynners[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]DanBlackburn[/bold] wrote:
It wasn't that long ago we were chanting about "Don't sell the Rhodes...riot etc" now some on this board seem resigned to losing him? Are you all mad, talking about limited contributions other than scoring 20 plus goals. The lad is a fantastic finisher. Yes he has his poor spells like everyone but he is our poster boy and best player by a mile.
If Venkys sell him then they will get a lot of people very angry after encouraging the optimism around Ewood at the moment. The clear message they will send is - you are in the Championship for good. Get used to it.
Would any ambitious club sell their most talented player if they had true ambition?
God I hate Venkys and what they have and continue to do to us.[/p][/quote]As others have pointed out.. we have sold bigger & better players than Rhodes before Venkys came and will continue to do so after Venkys leave.
Good players want to play at a higher level at some point in their career, if we dont get promotion again this season he'll be gone[/p][/quote]Glynners what is your point here. We know that better players have passed through Ewood over the years. Are you trying to be some laid back all seeing sage whose wisdom will ensure its all Ok?
We are commenting on the here and now. In the past 20 years we had our premiership status to ensure we could sign decent replacement. Look who we signed over the summer - Varney and Brown FFS.
Rhodes is our best player. We love him and want him to stay. As above in my opinion, Venkys will show their true colours yet again if they betray us, the fans, and the club by selling him. That's all.
In the long run we are all dead.DanBlackburn

glynners wrote…

DanBlackburn wrote…

It wasn't that long ago we were chanting about "Don't sell the Rhodes...riot etc" now some on this board seem resigned to losing him? Are you all mad, talking about limited contributions other than scoring 20 plus goals. The lad is a fantastic finisher. Yes he has his poor spells like everyone but he is our poster boy and best player by a mile. If Venkys sell him then they will get a lot of people very angry after encouraging the optimism around Ewood at the moment. The clear message they will send is - you are in the Championship for good. Get used to it. Would any ambitious club sell their most talented player if they had true ambition? God I hate Venkys and what they have and continue to do to us.

As others have pointed out.. we have sold bigger & better players than Rhodes before Venkys came and will continue to do so after Venkys leave. Good players want to play at a higher level at some point in their career, if we dont get promotion again this season he'll be gone

Glynners what is your point here. We know that better players have passed through Ewood over the years. Are you trying to be some laid back all seeing sage whose wisdom will ensure its all Ok? We are commenting on the here and now. In the past 20 years we had our premiership status to ensure we could sign decent replacement. Look who we signed over the summer - Varney and Brown FFS. Rhodes is our best player. We love him and want him to stay. As above in my opinion, Venkys will show their true colours yet again if they betray us, the fans, and the club by selling him. That's all. In the long run we are all dead.

Score: 3

crankitup says...6:24pm Thu 21 Aug 14

just a matter of time, that's why GB has brought in Chris Brown.......SELL OUT!!!!!!!!, JR has been nothing but a piggy bank for the chicken scum.....

just a matter of time, that's why GB has brought in Chris Brown.......SELL OUT!!!!!!!!, JR has been nothing but a piggy bank for the chicken scum.....crankitup

just a matter of time, that's why GB has brought in Chris Brown.......SELL OUT!!!!!!!!, JR has been nothing but a piggy bank for the chicken scum.....

Score: 4

tall in the saddle says...6:32pm Thu 21 Aug 14

studentrover1995 wrote…

He has signed a new contract during this transfer window. There should be rules against the availability of players who have recently signed a new contract because, even if the transfer does not go through, it is completely disrespectful of the bidding club to both the player for unsettling him when he has already made a decision about his future not so long ago and the club who had hoped to have ended speculation by getting the player to sign a new contract. But hey, who cares about respect in football anymore?

Grow up lad. Loyalty in football? The agents and most players have seento it there's none of that left. And all players sill want to play in the EPL. Rhodes will, he'll be gone soon.

[quote][p][bold]studentrover1995[/bold] wrote:
He has signed a new contract during this transfer window. There should be rules against the availability of players who have recently signed a new contract because, even if the transfer does not go through, it is completely disrespectful of the bidding club to both the player for unsettling him when he has already made a decision about his future not so long ago and the club who had hoped to have ended speculation by getting the player to sign a new contract. But hey, who cares about respect in football anymore?[/p][/quote]Grow up lad. Loyalty in football? The agents and most players have seento it there's none of that left. And all players sill want to play in the EPL. Rhodes will, he'll be gone soon.tall in the saddle

studentrover1995 wrote…

He has signed a new contract during this transfer window. There should be rules against the availability of players who have recently signed a new contract because, even if the transfer does not go through, it is completely disrespectful of the bidding club to both the player for unsettling him when he has already made a decision about his future not so long ago and the club who had hoped to have ended speculation by getting the player to sign a new contract. But hey, who cares about respect in football anymore?

Grow up lad. Loyalty in football? The agents and most players have seento it there's none of that left. And all players sill want to play in the EPL. Rhodes will, he'll be gone soon.

Score: 0

tall in the saddle says...6:51pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Nuttall Street wrote…

I wouldn't swap 25 goals a season for £12m, if that is to be the bid. In any event this unwelcome news just underlines how very difficult it is to get back up there once you have fallen out of the Prem and what unforgivable, ever lasting , and huge damage those accursed Venkys have done to this once proud club, sadly no more. How they dare to show their hideous faces at Ewood Park defeats me. Thankfully, I don't go to Ewood Park any more to bend my knee to the Venkys. VENKYS OUT!

The thing is they don't sbow their faces. But just think where would you be without them? They are footinv the wage bill.

[quote][p][bold]Nuttall Street[/bold] wrote:
I wouldn't swap 25 goals a season for £12m, if that is to be the bid.
In any event this unwelcome news just underlines how very difficult it is to get back up there once you have fallen out of the Prem and what unforgivable, ever lasting , and huge damage those accursed Venkys have done to this once proud club, sadly no more. How they dare to show their hideous faces at Ewood Park defeats me. Thankfully, I don't go to Ewood Park any more to bend my knee to the Venkys. VENKYS OUT![/p][/quote]The thing is they don't sbow their faces. But just think where would you be without them? They are footinv the wage bill.tall in the saddle

Nuttall Street wrote…

I wouldn't swap 25 goals a season for £12m, if that is to be the bid. In any event this unwelcome news just underlines how very difficult it is to get back up there once you have fallen out of the Prem and what unforgivable, ever lasting , and huge damage those accursed Venkys have done to this once proud club, sadly no more. How they dare to show their hideous faces at Ewood Park defeats me. Thankfully, I don't go to Ewood Park any more to bend my knee to the Venkys. VENKYS OUT!

The thing is they don't sbow their faces. But just think where would you be without them? They are footinv the wage bill.

Score: 1

themaltaman says...6:51pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Sell Rhodes which now looks likely and invest in a decent manager.

Sell Rhodes which now looks likely and invest in a decent manager.themaltaman

Sell Rhodes which now looks likely and invest in a decent manager.

Score: 1

tall in the saddle says...6:53pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Richard Oakley wrote…

@TurfMoor Tom perhaps I am not explaining this clearly to you. FFP restricts the amount the owners can invest not money received from transfers. Transfer money is income. Investment from owners is capital. FFP restricts capital investment. if Rhodes goes, it won't be for less than £20m.

What are you on?

[quote][p][bold]Richard Oakley[/bold] wrote:
@TurfMoor Tom perhaps I am not explaining this clearly to you. FFP restricts the amount the owners can invest not money received from transfers. Transfer money is income. Investment from owners is capital. FFP restricts capital investment.
if Rhodes goes, it won't be for less than £20m.[/p][/quote]What are you on?tall in the saddle

Richard Oakley wrote…

@TurfMoor Tom perhaps I am not explaining this clearly to you. FFP restricts the amount the owners can invest not money received from transfers. Transfer money is income. Investment from owners is capital. FFP restricts capital investment. if Rhodes goes, it won't be for less than £20m.

What are you on?

Score: 1

tall in the saddle says...6:56pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Richard Oakley wrote…

@TurfMoor Tom perhaps I am not explaining this clearly to you. FFP restricts the amount the owners can invest not money received from transfers. Transfer money is income. Investment from owners is capital. FFP restricts capital investment. if Rhodes goes, it won't be for less than £20m.

Dear me. You don' gst it do you. Read the post again slowly.

[quote][p][bold]Richard Oakley[/bold] wrote:
@TurfMoor Tom perhaps I am not explaining this clearly to you. FFP restricts the amount the owners can invest not money received from transfers. Transfer money is income. Investment from owners is capital. FFP restricts capital investment.
if Rhodes goes, it won't be for less than £20m.[/p][/quote]Dear me. You don' gst it do you. Read the post again slowly.tall in the saddle

Richard Oakley wrote…

@TurfMoor Tom perhaps I am not explaining this clearly to you. FFP restricts the amount the owners can invest not money received from transfers. Transfer money is income. Investment from owners is capital. FFP restricts capital investment. if Rhodes goes, it won't be for less than £20m.

Dear me. You don' gst it do you. Read the post again slowly.

Score: 0

mark anthony says...7:17pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Sky sports news. Rhodes in talks with hull

Sky sports news. Rhodes in talks with hullmark anthony

Sky sports news. Rhodes in talks with hull

Score: 2

tall in the saddle says...7:21pm Thu 21 Aug 14

krazzi horse wrote…

A Darener wrote…

How about Status Quo...Down Down.....

roll over and lay me down???????

Whatever you want!!!

[quote][p][bold]krazzi horse[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]A Darener[/bold] wrote:
How about Status Quo...Down Down.....[/p][/quote]roll over and lay me down???????[/p][/quote]Whatever you want!!!tall in the saddle

krazzi horse wrote…

A Darener wrote…

How about Status Quo...Down Down.....

roll over and lay me down???????

Whatever you want!!!

Score: -3

dinglecrusher says...7:28pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Mark Anthony where did you get that crap from about Rhodes in talks? Nothing on Sky about it!!

Mark Anthony where did you get that crap from about Rhodes in talks? Nothing on Sky about it!!dinglecrusher

Mark Anthony where did you get that crap from about Rhodes in talks? Nothing on Sky about it!!

Score: -1

mark anthony says...7:30pm Thu 21 Aug 14

dinglecrusher wrote…

Mark Anthony where did you get that crap from about Rhodes in talks? Nothing on Sky about it!!

Beats watching emmerdale!!!!!

[quote][p][bold]dinglecrusher[/bold] wrote:
Mark Anthony where did you get that crap from about Rhodes in talks? Nothing on Sky about it!![/p][/quote]Beats watching emmerdale!!!!!mark anthony

dinglecrusher wrote…

Mark Anthony where did you get that crap from about Rhodes in talks? Nothing on Sky about it!!

Look get this. Its what Rhodes wants that counts. Who would you rather play for Hull in the EPL and Steve Bruce or ... well a no hoper club and Mr Mogadon?

[quote][p][bold]earwego[/bold] wrote:
Blackburn have knocked back Hull's £12million bid for Jordan Rhodes.
Rovers want £15m
Read more at http://talksport.com
/football/blackburn-
reject-hulls-ps12m-b
id-rhodes-1408211091
89#ZMUxfyLSGkEKS5si.
99[/p][/quote]Look get this. Its what Rhodes wants that counts. Who would you rather play for Hull in the EPL and Steve Bruce or ... well a no hoper club and Mr Mogadon?tall in the saddle

Look get this. Its what Rhodes wants that counts. Who would you rather play for Hull in the EPL and Steve Bruce or ... well a no hoper club and Mr Mogadon?

Score: 4

Thomas Evans says...7:37pm Thu 21 Aug 14

hasslem hasslem wrote…

Thomas Evans wrote…

Food for thought. Rovers plastered Rhodes allover our merchandising and built the premise of a good season on him. Getting people buying season tickets and shirts with his name on the back and getting him to sign autographs and stuff in pre-season. Then get him to sign a new contract. Get all the players to praise his staying (Tom Cairney was chuffed he was staying) and then pull the rug out from under the team and fans by selling him. Do people really think Bowyer or Venkys have the ambition to get us promoted? If they could sell Gestede for more than they paid for him they would. Remember the transfer embargo is getting imposed on us in January so what we finish this window with we are stuck with. Defence naff. Remember Baptiste is a loan so we won't even be able to sign him later. So what we have now minus Baptiste defensively is it. Rhodes going. Leaving us with Gestede, Brown and Varney upfront. Yeah we might bring in another striker. But do people really think any money will be spent on him? Does anyone thing it will be a striker of quality? It will either be an untested striker or a older past it striker. Hell using Bowyers logic of playing defenders in different positions after ditching Dann last season we will probably end up with King upfront and no replacement coming in. What has happened over the last few years in the Championship is the systematic removal of any players worth anything of any quality. Olsson, Dann and now Rhodes. What has been left is the excuse of no money available. Balancing the books and bringing in cheap players in the hopes that they might be half decent in Conway and Gestede for very little. Bowyer has been lucky so far. But the luck has started to run out with the likes of Varney and Brown. If people don't realise how much trouble we are in at the moment then do it fast. But hey never mind. I am sure the Blackburn Rovers Action Group will make the difference they oh so promised to make huh?

we sold shearer, we sold sutton, we sold batty, we sold le saux, we sold sherwood.....do i need to go on? please note these were all under the stewardship of our #1 fan. it's what happens - jordan rhodes has been brilliant for us. if he goes, thanks for helping us out.

Ah yes. Remind me. What happened when we sold the above players?

[quote][p][bold]hasslem hasslem[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]Thomas Evans[/bold] wrote:
Food for thought.
Rovers plastered Rhodes allover our merchandising and built the premise of a good season on him. Getting people buying season tickets and shirts with his name on the back and getting him to sign autographs and stuff in pre-season.
Then get him to sign a new contract. Get all the players to praise his staying (Tom Cairney was chuffed he was staying) and then pull the rug out from under the team and fans by selling him.
Do people really think Bowyer or Venkys have the ambition to get us promoted?
If they could sell Gestede for more than they paid for him they would.
Remember the transfer embargo is getting imposed on us in January so what we finish this window with we are stuck with.
Defence naff. Remember Baptiste is a loan so we won't even be able to sign him later. So what we have now minus Baptiste defensively is it.
Rhodes going. Leaving us with Gestede, Brown and Varney upfront.
Yeah we might bring in another striker. But do people really think any money will be spent on him? Does anyone thing it will be a striker of quality?
It will either be an untested striker or a older past it striker.
Hell using Bowyers logic of playing defenders in different positions after ditching Dann last season we will probably end up with King upfront and no replacement coming in.
What has happened over the last few years in the Championship is the systematic removal of any players worth anything of any quality.
Olsson, Dann and now Rhodes.
What has been left is the excuse of no money available. Balancing the books and bringing in cheap players in the hopes that they might be half decent in Conway and Gestede for very little.
Bowyer has been lucky so far. But the luck has started to run out with the likes of Varney and Brown.
If people don't realise how much trouble we are in at the moment then do it fast.
But hey never mind. I am sure the Blackburn Rovers Action Group will make the difference they oh so promised to make huh?[/p][/quote]we sold shearer, we sold sutton, we sold batty, we sold le saux, we sold sherwood.....do i need to go on?
please note these were all under the stewardship of our #1 fan.
it's what happens - jordan rhodes has been brilliant for us. if he goes, thanks for helping us out.[/p][/quote]Ah yes.
Remind me.
What happened when we sold the above players?Thomas Evans

hasslem hasslem wrote…

Thomas Evans wrote…

Food for thought. Rovers plastered Rhodes allover our merchandising and built the premise of a good season on him. Getting people buying season tickets and shirts with his name on the back and getting him to sign autographs and stuff in pre-season. Then get him to sign a new contract. Get all the players to praise his staying (Tom Cairney was chuffed he was staying) and then pull the rug out from under the team and fans by selling him. Do people really think Bowyer or Venkys have the ambition to get us promoted? If they could sell Gestede for more than they paid for him they would. Remember the transfer embargo is getting imposed on us in January so what we finish this window with we are stuck with. Defence naff. Remember Baptiste is a loan so we won't even be able to sign him later. So what we have now minus Baptiste defensively is it. Rhodes going. Leaving us with Gestede, Brown and Varney upfront. Yeah we might bring in another striker. But do people really think any money will be spent on him? Does anyone thing it will be a striker of quality? It will either be an untested striker or a older past it striker. Hell using Bowyers logic of playing defenders in different positions after ditching Dann last season we will probably end up with King upfront and no replacement coming in. What has happened over the last few years in the Championship is the systematic removal of any players worth anything of any quality. Olsson, Dann and now Rhodes. What has been left is the excuse of no money available. Balancing the books and bringing in cheap players in the hopes that they might be half decent in Conway and Gestede for very little. Bowyer has been lucky so far. But the luck has started to run out with the likes of Varney and Brown. If people don't realise how much trouble we are in at the moment then do it fast. But hey never mind. I am sure the Blackburn Rovers Action Group will make the difference they oh so promised to make huh?

we sold shearer, we sold sutton, we sold batty, we sold le saux, we sold sherwood.....do i need to go on? please note these were all under the stewardship of our #1 fan. it's what happens - jordan rhodes has been brilliant for us. if he goes, thanks for helping us out.

Ah yes. Remind me. What happened when we sold the above players?

Score: 3

A Darener says...7:39pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Thomas..... We replaced them with inferior players, a practce we have done ever since.

Thomas..... We replaced them with inferior players, a practce we have done ever since.A Darener

Thomas..... We replaced them with inferior players, a practce we have done ever since.

Score: 3

A Darener says...7:43pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Oops! I meant practise. Before anybody jumps on me.

Oops! I meant practise. Before anybody jumps on me.A Darener

Oops! I meant practise. Before anybody jumps on me.

Score: 0

TurfMoor Tom says...7:49pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Rumours online a £10m bid has now been accepted.

Rumours online a £10m bid has now been accepted.TurfMoor Tom

Rumours online a £10m bid has now been accepted.

Score: 1

AnotherPounding4Burnley says...7:53pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Just to remind you all that A Darener is a dingle like me so takes a negative slant on everything, even if its obvious bullsh@t, the sooner he comes clean instead of posting his fool no-one rubbish, the better for us all

Just to remind you all that A Darener is a dingle like me so takes a negative slant on everything, even if its obvious bullsh@t, the sooner he comes clean instead of posting his fool no-one rubbish, the better for us allAnotherPounding4Burnley

Just to remind you all that A Darener is a dingle like me so takes a negative slant on everything, even if its obvious bullsh@t, the sooner he comes clean instead of posting his fool no-one rubbish, the better for us all

Look get this. Its what Rhodes wants that counts. Who would you rather play for Hull in the EPL and Steve Bruce or ... well a no hoper club and Mr Mogadon?

Well t.i.t.s. that's exaxtly why Ings won't sign a new contract. If he doesn't get a move he'll probably be back in the Championship next sesson.

[quote][p][bold]tall in the saddle[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]earwego[/bold] wrote:
Blackburn have knocked back Hull's £12million bid for Jordan Rhodes.
Rovers want £15m
Read more at http://talksport.com
/football/blackburn-
reject-hulls-ps12m-b
id-rhodes-1408211091
89#ZMUxfyLSGkEKS5si.
99[/p][/quote]Look get this. Its what Rhodes wants that counts. Who would you rather play for Hull in the EPL and Steve Bruce or ... well a no hoper club and Mr Mogadon?[/p][/quote]Well t.i.t.s. that's exaxtly why Ings won't sign a new contract. If he doesn't get a move he'll probably be back in the Championship next sesson.Harwoodstblue

Look get this. Its what Rhodes wants that counts. Who would you rather play for Hull in the EPL and Steve Bruce or ... well a no hoper club and Mr Mogadon?

Well t.i.t.s. that's exaxtly why Ings won't sign a new contract. If he doesn't get a move he'll probably be back in the Championship next sesson.

Score: -1

A Darener says...7:58pm Thu 21 Aug 14

I've never been so insulted in my 65 years. I know that all the Rovers fans and genuine Burnley fans that have been on these pages for the last few years know exactly where my allegiances lie. Just stop your stirring AP... You are not funny!

I've never been so insulted in my 65 years. I know that all the Rovers fans and genuine Burnley fans that have been on these pages for the last few years know exactly where my allegiances lie. Just stop your stirring AP... You are not funny!A Darener

I've never been so insulted in my 65 years. I know that all the Rovers fans and genuine Burnley fans that have been on these pages for the last few years know exactly where my allegiances lie. Just stop your stirring AP... You are not funny!

Score: 7

gleechy says...7:59pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Clearly the club owners are not fit for purpose , what a shame they were allowed t waltz in remove the workings of the club from under everybody's noses and carry on dismantling. The Football Association are clearly to blame for allowing publicity seeking halfwits to make a mockery of a football club of Premier League status. When JR goes it will be the final nail.

Clearly the club owners are not fit for purpose , what a shame they were allowed t waltz in remove the workings of the club from under everybody's noses and carry on dismantling.
The Football Association are clearly to blame for allowing publicity seeking halfwits to make a mockery of a football club of Premier League status.
When JR goes it will be the final nail.gleechy

Clearly the club owners are not fit for purpose , what a shame they were allowed t waltz in remove the workings of the club from under everybody's noses and carry on dismantling. The Football Association are clearly to blame for allowing publicity seeking halfwits to make a mockery of a football club of Premier League status. When JR goes it will be the final nail.

Score: 2

A Darener says...8:00pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Can we get back to the football trolls excluded. If Jordan goes there are going to be a lot of annoyed Rovers fans who have been conned into buying a Rhodes shirt.

Can we get back to the football trolls excluded.
If Jordan goes there are going to be a lot of annoyed Rovers fans who have been conned into buying a Rhodes shirt.A Darener

Can we get back to the football trolls excluded. If Jordan goes there are going to be a lot of annoyed Rovers fans who have been conned into buying a Rhodes shirt.

Score: 4

Nuttall Street says...8:09pm Thu 21 Aug 14

It shows what contempt Rovers are held in by the football community that Hull should table such a derisory offer as £8m for a 25 goal a year striker. They must think Venkys are cash strapped mugs, which, of course, they are. VENKYS OUT!

It shows what contempt Rovers are held in by the football community that Hull should table such a derisory offer as £8m for a 25 goal a year striker. They must think Venkys are cash strapped mugs, which, of course, they are. VENKYS OUT!Nuttall Street

It shows what contempt Rovers are held in by the football community that Hull should table such a derisory offer as £8m for a 25 goal a year striker. They must think Venkys are cash strapped mugs, which, of course, they are. VENKYS OUT!

Score: 5

stick to football says...8:15pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Every player has his price and football is dictated by moneyone way or another. Every player wants to play at the highest level - a player without ambition is a liability to a club. Jordan Rhodes has proved himself at Rovers as a quality finisher and his general play has improved over the last 12 months. If we have to sell to strenthen other areas so be it If he leaves we should thank him for keeping us where we are and wish him well. If he stays that is great for Rovers and their hopes. It has been a pleasure watching him so thanks Jordan jst hope it isnt goodbye

Every player has his price and football is dictated by moneyone way or another.
Every player wants to play at the highest level - a player without ambition is a liability to a club.
Jordan Rhodes has proved himself at Rovers as a quality finisher and his general play has improved over the last 12 months.
If we have to sell to strenthen other areas so be it
If he leaves we should thank him for keeping us where we are and wish him well. If he stays that is great for Rovers and their hopes. It has been a pleasure watching him so thanks Jordan jst hope it isnt goodbyestick to football

Every player has his price and football is dictated by moneyone way or another. Every player wants to play at the highest level - a player without ambition is a liability to a club. Jordan Rhodes has proved himself at Rovers as a quality finisher and his general play has improved over the last 12 months. If we have to sell to strenthen other areas so be it If he leaves we should thank him for keeping us where we are and wish him well. If he stays that is great for Rovers and their hopes. It has been a pleasure watching him so thanks Jordan jst hope it isnt goodbye

Score: 0

baldie says...8:20pm Thu 21 Aug 14

TurfMoor Tom wrote…

Rumours online a £10m bid has now been accepted.

Where?

[quote][p][bold]TurfMoor Tom[/bold] wrote:
Rumours online a £10m bid has now been accepted.[/p][/quote]Where?baldie

TurfMoor Tom wrote…

Rumours online a £10m bid has now been accepted.

Where?

Score: 2

Nuttall Street says...8:22pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Pembina wrote…

Nuttall Street wrote…

I wouldn't swap 25 goals a season for £12m, if that is to be the bid. In any event this unwelcome news just underlines how very difficult it is to get back up there once you have fallen out of the Prem and what unforgivable, ever lasting , and huge damage those accursed Venkys have done to this once proud club, sadly no more. How they dare to show their hideous faces at Ewood Park defeats me. Thankfully, I don't go to Ewood Park any more to bend my knee to the Venkys. VENKYS OUT!

Can't agree with your attitude - If everyone felt the same way as you Ewood Park would be empty on match days, is that what you want? Venkys are not the best people in the world to run Blackburn Rovers football club, not by a long shot, but what personal harm have they done to you?. While you say you're not spending a penny more at Ewood, Venkys on the other hand have invested quite a respectable amount of cash into the club which begs the question who else would have done so. If you hate the venkys as much as you say, then why not just sign the divorce papers, ride off into the sunset never to be seen or heard of again - you won't be missed- You a Rovers supporter NEVER

Venkys haven't put any money in the club. They have just destroyed value. How much do you think Venyks cost Rovers by getting them relegated through their arrogant and incompetent decisions . Have you forgotten Steve Kean and Shabby Singh? Get a grip of yourself. By the way I have signed the divorce papers along with about 15,000 others. I won't stand to be treated like a punka wallah by the Venkys. I go to watch Arsenal at home these days, and Rovers away.

[quote][p][bold]Pembina[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]Nuttall Street[/bold] wrote:
I wouldn't swap 25 goals a season for £12m, if that is to be the bid.
In any event this unwelcome news just underlines how very difficult it is to get back up there once you have fallen out of the Prem and what unforgivable, ever lasting , and huge damage those accursed Venkys have done to this once proud club, sadly no more. How they dare to show their hideous faces at Ewood Park defeats me. Thankfully, I don't go to Ewood Park any more to bend my knee to the Venkys. VENKYS OUT![/p][/quote]Can't agree with your attitude - If everyone felt the same way as you Ewood Park would be empty on match days, is that what you want?
Venkys are not the best people in the world to run Blackburn Rovers football club, not by a long shot, but what personal harm have they done to you?. While you say you're not spending a penny more at Ewood, Venkys on the other hand have invested quite a respectable amount of cash into the club which begs the question who else would have done so. If you hate the venkys as much as you say, then why not just sign the divorce papers, ride off into the sunset never to be seen or heard of again - you won't be missed- You a Rovers supporter NEVER[/p][/quote]Venkys haven't put any money in the club.
They have just destroyed value. How much do you think Venyks cost Rovers by getting them relegated through their arrogant and incompetent decisions . Have you forgotten Steve Kean and Shabby Singh?
Get a grip of yourself.
By the way I have signed the divorce papers along with about 15,000 others. I won't stand to be treated like a punka wallah by the Venkys. I go to watch Arsenal at home these days, and Rovers away.Nuttall Street

Pembina wrote…

Nuttall Street wrote…

I wouldn't swap 25 goals a season for £12m, if that is to be the bid. In any event this unwelcome news just underlines how very difficult it is to get back up there once you have fallen out of the Prem and what unforgivable, ever lasting , and huge damage those accursed Venkys have done to this once proud club, sadly no more. How they dare to show their hideous faces at Ewood Park defeats me. Thankfully, I don't go to Ewood Park any more to bend my knee to the Venkys. VENKYS OUT!

Can't agree with your attitude - If everyone felt the same way as you Ewood Park would be empty on match days, is that what you want? Venkys are not the best people in the world to run Blackburn Rovers football club, not by a long shot, but what personal harm have they done to you?. While you say you're not spending a penny more at Ewood, Venkys on the other hand have invested quite a respectable amount of cash into the club which begs the question who else would have done so. If you hate the venkys as much as you say, then why not just sign the divorce papers, ride off into the sunset never to be seen or heard of again - you won't be missed- You a Rovers supporter NEVER

Venkys haven't put any money in the club. They have just destroyed value. How much do you think Venyks cost Rovers by getting them relegated through their arrogant and incompetent decisions . Have you forgotten Steve Kean and Shabby Singh? Get a grip of yourself. By the way I have signed the divorce papers along with about 15,000 others. I won't stand to be treated like a punka wallah by the Venkys. I go to watch Arsenal at home these days, and Rovers away.

Score: 10

Nuttall Street says...8:27pm Thu 21 Aug 14

A Darener wrote…

I've never been so insulted in my 65 years. I know that all the Rovers fans and genuine Burnley fans that have been on these pages for the last few years know exactly where my allegiances lie. Just stop your stirring AP... You are not funny!

Is that right then, Darener. I thought you were a Burnley fan. Nothing wrong with that. Rob Coar is a Burnley fan so you would be in good company.

[quote][p][bold]A Darener[/bold] wrote:
I've never been so insulted in my 65 years. I know that all the Rovers fans and genuine Burnley fans that have been on these pages for the last few years know exactly where my allegiances lie. Just stop your stirring AP... You are not funny![/p][/quote]Is that right then, Darener. I thought you were a Burnley fan. Nothing wrong with that. Rob Coar is a Burnley fan so you would be in good company.Nuttall Street

A Darener wrote…

I've never been so insulted in my 65 years. I know that all the Rovers fans and genuine Burnley fans that have been on these pages for the last few years know exactly where my allegiances lie. Just stop your stirring AP... You are not funny!

Is that right then, Darener. I thought you were a Burnley fan. Nothing wrong with that. Rob Coar is a Burnley fan so you would be in good company.

Score: 1

Blueandwhitewolf says...8:37pm Thu 21 Aug 14

jim 2012 wrote…

claret777 wrote…

Ewood_Mark wrote…

Oh dear. Just think, the chances are Fleetwood Town will be in a higher division than us next season? Looks like Venkys want to do a Karl Oyston and rob us for all we are worth, which isn't much by the way. Chicken stock, laughing stock.

No...Venkys are not robbing you...you owe them cash.

it is a loan not a debt

When did a loan stop being a debt then Jim?

[quote][p][bold]jim 2012[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]claret777[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]Ewood_Mark[/bold] wrote:
Oh dear. Just think, the chances are Fleetwood Town will be in a higher division than us next season?
Looks like Venkys want to do a Karl Oyston and rob us for all we are worth, which isn't much by the way.
Chicken stock, laughing stock.[/p][/quote]No...Venkys are not robbing you...you owe them cash.[/p][/quote]it is a loan not a debt[/p][/quote]When did a loan stop being a debt then Jim?Blueandwhitewolf

jim 2012 wrote…

claret777 wrote…

Ewood_Mark wrote…

Oh dear. Just think, the chances are Fleetwood Town will be in a higher division than us next season? Looks like Venkys want to do a Karl Oyston and rob us for all we are worth, which isn't much by the way. Chicken stock, laughing stock.

No...Venkys are not robbing you...you owe them cash.

it is a loan not a debt

When did a loan stop being a debt then Jim?

Score: 5

gleechy says...9:10pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Pembina wrote…

Nuttall Street wrote…

I wouldn't swap 25 goals a season for £12m, if that is to be the bid. In any event this unwelcome news just underlines how very difficult it is to get back up there once you have fallen out of the Prem and what unforgivable, ever lasting , and huge damage those accursed Venkys have done to this once proud club, sadly no more. How they dare to show their hideous faces at Ewood Park defeats me. Thankfully, I don't go to Ewood Park any more to bend my knee to the Venkys. VENKYS OUT!

Can't agree with your attitude - If everyone felt the same way as you Ewood Park would be empty on match days, is that what you want? Venkys are not the best people in the world to run Blackburn Rovers football club, not by a long shot, but what personal harm have they done to you?. While you say you're not spending a penny more at Ewood, Venkys on the other hand have invested quite a respectable amount of cash into the club which begs the question who else would have done so. If you hate the venkys as much as you say, then why not just sign the divorce papers, ride off into the sunset never to be seen or heard of again - you won't be missed- You a Rovers supporter NEVER

Your friends the Venks scum chose to take this football club over which had a massive customer/fan base compared to a run of the mill business, they chose to take out the boring Manager and replace him with a learner with a gob. They then backed this gobby learner and snubbed all questions, when they were forced to explain their actions on Sky TV they sent a divvie in font of cameras to say he was confused. They have done a tremendous amount of damage to more people than you or I know. This pending sale of their lifeline is just anoter symptom of bad management's ongoing destruction of a mighty football club.

[quote][p][bold]Pembina[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]Nuttall Street[/bold] wrote:
I wouldn't swap 25 goals a season for £12m, if that is to be the bid.
In any event this unwelcome news just underlines how very difficult it is to get back up there once you have fallen out of the Prem and what unforgivable, ever lasting , and huge damage those accursed Venkys have done to this once proud club, sadly no more. How they dare to show their hideous faces at Ewood Park defeats me. Thankfully, I don't go to Ewood Park any more to bend my knee to the Venkys. VENKYS OUT![/p][/quote]Can't agree with your attitude - If everyone felt the same way as you Ewood Park would be empty on match days, is that what you want?
Venkys are not the best people in the world to run Blackburn Rovers football club, not by a long shot, but what personal harm have they done to you?. While you say you're not spending a penny more at Ewood, Venkys on the other hand have invested quite a respectable amount of cash into the club which begs the question who else would have done so. If you hate the venkys as much as you say, then why not just sign the divorce papers, ride off into the sunset never to be seen or heard of again - you won't be missed- You a Rovers supporter NEVER[/p][/quote]Your friends the Venks scum chose to take this football club over which had a massive customer/fan base compared to a run of the mill business, they chose to take out the boring Manager and replace him with a learner with a gob.
They then backed this gobby learner and snubbed all questions, when they were forced to explain their actions on Sky TV they sent a divvie in font of cameras to say he was confused.
They have done a tremendous amount of damage to more people than you or I know.
This pending sale of their lifeline is just anoter symptom of bad management's ongoing destruction of a mighty football club.gleechy

Pembina wrote…

Nuttall Street wrote…

I wouldn't swap 25 goals a season for £12m, if that is to be the bid. In any event this unwelcome news just underlines how very difficult it is to get back up there once you have fallen out of the Prem and what unforgivable, ever lasting , and huge damage those accursed Venkys have done to this once proud club, sadly no more. How they dare to show their hideous faces at Ewood Park defeats me. Thankfully, I don't go to Ewood Park any more to bend my knee to the Venkys. VENKYS OUT!

Can't agree with your attitude - If everyone felt the same way as you Ewood Park would be empty on match days, is that what you want? Venkys are not the best people in the world to run Blackburn Rovers football club, not by a long shot, but what personal harm have they done to you?. While you say you're not spending a penny more at Ewood, Venkys on the other hand have invested quite a respectable amount of cash into the club which begs the question who else would have done so. If you hate the venkys as much as you say, then why not just sign the divorce papers, ride off into the sunset never to be seen or heard of again - you won't be missed- You a Rovers supporter NEVER

Your friends the Venks scum chose to take this football club over which had a massive customer/fan base compared to a run of the mill business, they chose to take out the boring Manager and replace him with a learner with a gob. They then backed this gobby learner and snubbed all questions, when they were forced to explain their actions on Sky TV they sent a divvie in font of cameras to say he was confused. They have done a tremendous amount of damage to more people than you or I know. This pending sale of their lifeline is just anoter symptom of bad management's ongoing destruction of a mighty football club.

Score: 6

claret777 says...9:34pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Harwoodstblue wrote…

glynners wrote…

claret777 wrote…

jimluftas wrote…

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

Interesting that Bruce has'nt gone for Ings. Says it all really when he could have had him for half the price.

Slight difference......our club have stated he's not for sale...your club have not said that about Rhodes.....thats the difference between big time and heavily in debt.

[quote][p][bold]Harwoodstblue[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]glynners[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]claret777[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]jimluftas[/bold] wrote:
£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.[/p][/quote]Ha ha ha...here we go....now he's off he's not prem class.... £2 million ? Might buy you Ings shoelace (1)[/p][/quote]£0 will buy the full Ings at the end of the season, dont you worry[/p][/quote]Interesting that Bruce has'nt gone for Ings. Says it all really when he could have had him for half the price.[/p][/quote]Slight difference......our club have stated he's not for sale...your club have not said that about Rhodes.....thats the difference between big time and heavily in debt.claret777

Harwoodstblue wrote…

glynners wrote…

claret777 wrote…

jimluftas wrote…

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

Interesting that Bruce has'nt gone for Ings. Says it all really when he could have had him for half the price.

Slight difference......our club have stated he's not for sale...your club have not said that about Rhodes.....thats the difference between big time and heavily in debt.

Score: -2

dangerous dave says...9:51pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Never mind freebie brown in the background onwards and downwards Out with the cowboys and indians

Never mind freebie brown in the background onwards and downwards
Out with the cowboys and indiansdangerous dave

Never mind freebie brown in the background onwards and downwards Out with the cowboys and indians

Score: 2

TurfMoor Tom says...9:55pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Down with the Brentford. We're going down with the Brentford.

Down with the Brentford.
We're going down with the Brentford.TurfMoor Tom

Down with the Brentford. We're going down with the Brentford.

Score: 3

mammamiauk says...10:27pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Gosh, this is going to give me a sleepless night! Rhodes is one of the key players that Rovers have to fire us back to the Premier League and should he go, our promotion opportunities will be much slimmer. I only hope that the owners have sought GB's advice and carefully thought about all this instead of just 'cashing in'. GB has certainly put in plenty of time and effort in assembling the current squad and this has brought some stability back to the club. RTID

Gosh, this is going to give me a sleepless night! Rhodes is one of the key players that Rovers have to fire us back to the Premier League and should he go, our promotion opportunities will be much slimmer.
I only hope that the owners have sought GB's advice and carefully thought about all this instead of just 'cashing in'. GB has certainly put in plenty of time and effort in assembling the current squad and this has brought some stability back to the club.
RTIDmammamiauk

Gosh, this is going to give me a sleepless night! Rhodes is one of the key players that Rovers have to fire us back to the Premier League and should he go, our promotion opportunities will be much slimmer. I only hope that the owners have sought GB's advice and carefully thought about all this instead of just 'cashing in'. GB has certainly put in plenty of time and effort in assembling the current squad and this has brought some stability back to the club. RTID

Score: -6

daan says...11:06pm Thu 21 Aug 14

TurfMoor Tom wrote…

Down with the Brentford. We're going down with the Brentford.

Wow you have been glued to this story since 2:13pm that's like a full 8 hour day posting as a false Blackburn fan. That's dedication ! Do you think you might have a problem ? Are you going to stay in "character" when you go to bed tonight ? Just take a moment and read back through the comments, all the effort you have put in, are you proud of what you have achieved today ?

[quote][p][bold]TurfMoor Tom[/bold] wrote:
Down with the Brentford.
We're going down with the Brentford.[/p][/quote]Wow you have been glued to this story since 2:13pm that's like a full 8 hour day posting as a false Blackburn fan. That's dedication ! Do you think you might have a problem ? Are you going to stay in "character" when you go to bed tonight ? Just take a moment and read back through the comments, all the effort you have put in, are you proud of what you have achieved today ?daan

TurfMoor Tom wrote…

Down with the Brentford. We're going down with the Brentford.

Wow you have been glued to this story since 2:13pm that's like a full 8 hour day posting as a false Blackburn fan. That's dedication ! Do you think you might have a problem ? Are you going to stay in "character" when you go to bed tonight ? Just take a moment and read back through the comments, all the effort you have put in, are you proud of what you have achieved today ?

Score: 5

LittleRonnieHildersley says...11:09pm Thu 21 Aug 14

Thomas Evans wrote…

hasslem hasslem wrote…

Thomas Evans wrote…

Food for thought. Rovers plastered Rhodes allover our merchandising and built the premise of a good season on him. Getting people buying season tickets and shirts with his name on the back and getting him to sign autographs and stuff in pre-season. Then get him to sign a new contract. Get all the players to praise his staying (Tom Cairney was chuffed he was staying) and then pull the rug out from under the team and fans by selling him. Do people really think Bowyer or Venkys have the ambition to get us promoted? If they could sell Gestede for more than they paid for him they would. Remember the transfer embargo is getting imposed on us in January so what we finish this window with we are stuck with. Defence naff. Remember Baptiste is a loan so we won't even be able to sign him later. So what we have now minus Baptiste defensively is it. Rhodes going. Leaving us with Gestede, Brown and Varney upfront. Yeah we might bring in another striker. But do people really think any money will be spent on him? Does anyone thing it will be a striker of quality? It will either be an untested striker or a older past it striker. Hell using Bowyers logic of playing defenders in different positions after ditching Dann last season we will probably end up with King upfront and no replacement coming in. What has happened over the last few years in the Championship is the systematic removal of any players worth anything of any quality. Olsson, Dann and now Rhodes. What has been left is the excuse of no money available. Balancing the books and bringing in cheap players in the hopes that they might be half decent in Conway and Gestede for very little. Bowyer has been lucky so far. But the luck has started to run out with the likes of Varney and Brown. If people don't realise how much trouble we are in at the moment then do it fast. But hey never mind. I am sure the Blackburn Rovers Action Group will make the difference they oh so promised to make huh?

we sold shearer, we sold sutton, we sold batty, we sold le saux, we sold sherwood.....do i need to go on? please note these were all under the stewardship of our #1 fan. it's what happens - jordan rhodes has been brilliant for us. if he goes, thanks for helping us out.

Ah yes. Remind me. What happened when we sold the above players?

We sold Kevin Hird too, Simon barker, jim Arnold (ha ha bad move for him) oh wait on we only existed once jack walker put his money in.......we're skint now it's reality so either support the team or go and follow manure or some other team in the premier league and quit whining on here - as tedious as the unimaginative trolls on here...

[quote][p][bold]Thomas Evans[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]hasslem hasslem[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]Thomas Evans[/bold] wrote:
Food for thought.
Rovers plastered Rhodes allover our merchandising and built the premise of a good season on him. Getting people buying season tickets and shirts with his name on the back and getting him to sign autographs and stuff in pre-season.
Then get him to sign a new contract. Get all the players to praise his staying (Tom Cairney was chuffed he was staying) and then pull the rug out from under the team and fans by selling him.
Do people really think Bowyer or Venkys have the ambition to get us promoted?
If they could sell Gestede for more than they paid for him they would.
Remember the transfer embargo is getting imposed on us in January so what we finish this window with we are stuck with.
Defence naff. Remember Baptiste is a loan so we won't even be able to sign him later. So what we have now minus Baptiste defensively is it.
Rhodes going. Leaving us with Gestede, Brown and Varney upfront.
Yeah we might bring in another striker. But do people really think any money will be spent on him? Does anyone thing it will be a striker of quality?
It will either be an untested striker or a older past it striker.
Hell using Bowyers logic of playing defenders in different positions after ditching Dann last season we will probably end up with King upfront and no replacement coming in.
What has happened over the last few years in the Championship is the systematic removal of any players worth anything of any quality.
Olsson, Dann and now Rhodes.
What has been left is the excuse of no money available. Balancing the books and bringing in cheap players in the hopes that they might be half decent in Conway and Gestede for very little.
Bowyer has been lucky so far. But the luck has started to run out with the likes of Varney and Brown.
If people don't realise how much trouble we are in at the moment then do it fast.
But hey never mind. I am sure the Blackburn Rovers Action Group will make the difference they oh so promised to make huh?[/p][/quote]we sold shearer, we sold sutton, we sold batty, we sold le saux, we sold sherwood.....do i need to go on?
please note these were all under the stewardship of our #1 fan.
it's what happens - jordan rhodes has been brilliant for us. if he goes, thanks for helping us out.[/p][/quote]Ah yes.
Remind me.
What happened when we sold the above players?[/p][/quote]We sold Kevin Hird too, Simon barker, jim Arnold (ha ha bad move for him) oh wait on we only existed once jack walker put his money in.......we're skint now it's reality so either support the team or go and follow manure or some other team in the premier league and quit whining on here - as tedious as the unimaginative trolls on here...LittleRonnieHildersley

Thomas Evans wrote…

hasslem hasslem wrote…

Thomas Evans wrote…

Food for thought. Rovers plastered Rhodes allover our merchandising and built the premise of a good season on him. Getting people buying season tickets and shirts with his name on the back and getting him to sign autographs and stuff in pre-season. Then get him to sign a new contract. Get all the players to praise his staying (Tom Cairney was chuffed he was staying) and then pull the rug out from under the team and fans by selling him. Do people really think Bowyer or Venkys have the ambition to get us promoted? If they could sell Gestede for more than they paid for him they would. Remember the transfer embargo is getting imposed on us in January so what we finish this window with we are stuck with. Defence naff. Remember Baptiste is a loan so we won't even be able to sign him later. So what we have now minus Baptiste defensively is it. Rhodes going. Leaving us with Gestede, Brown and Varney upfront. Yeah we might bring in another striker. But do people really think any money will be spent on him? Does anyone thing it will be a striker of quality? It will either be an untested striker or a older past it striker. Hell using Bowyers logic of playing defenders in different positions after ditching Dann last season we will probably end up with King upfront and no replacement coming in. What has happened over the last few years in the Championship is the systematic removal of any players worth anything of any quality. Olsson, Dann and now Rhodes. What has been left is the excuse of no money available. Balancing the books and bringing in cheap players in the hopes that they might be half decent in Conway and Gestede for very little. Bowyer has been lucky so far. But the luck has started to run out with the likes of Varney and Brown. If people don't realise how much trouble we are in at the moment then do it fast. But hey never mind. I am sure the Blackburn Rovers Action Group will make the difference they oh so promised to make huh?

we sold shearer, we sold sutton, we sold batty, we sold le saux, we sold sherwood.....do i need to go on? please note these were all under the stewardship of our #1 fan. it's what happens - jordan rhodes has been brilliant for us. if he goes, thanks for helping us out.

Ah yes. Remind me. What happened when we sold the above players?

We sold Kevin Hird too, Simon barker, jim Arnold (ha ha bad move for him) oh wait on we only existed once jack walker put his money in.......we're skint now it's reality so either support the team or go and follow manure or some other team in the premier league and quit whining on here - as tedious as the unimaginative trolls on here...

Score: 1

TurfMoor Tom says...11:16pm Thu 21 Aug 14

"Hull are to bid £10million for Jordan Rhodes as Steve Bruce hunts for striker to replace Shane Long. Bruce is waiting on an answer from the Lancashire club's Indian owners Venkys to open talks with the striker, but he has been told the figure that makes the move happen. And the Tigers chief has the cash to meet the valuation on the prolific goalscorer who will be willing to step up to the Premier League. Rhodes only signed a lucrative contract at Rovers recently, but this is the first time he has been offered top-flight football after previous Championship interest. Boss Gary Bowyer confirmed news on the bid and admitted the final decision was down to his chiefs in Pune. Rhodes cost Blackburn £8 million and Huddersfield are due a percentage of any profit. The £10 million deal would help slash the massive annual cost of running Rovers. Selling their star man would cause a fans revolt, but the money would also help Blackburn get closer to abiding by the Financial Fair Play rules. Hull are keen on Rhodes as another top target Vicnent Aboubakar is now discussing a move to Porto"

"Hull are to bid £10million for Jordan Rhodes as Steve Bruce hunts for striker to replace Shane Long.
Bruce is waiting on an answer from the Lancashire club's Indian owners Venkys to open talks with the striker, but he has been told the figure that makes the move happen.
And the Tigers chief has the cash to meet the valuation on the prolific goalscorer who will be willing to step up to the Premier League.
Rhodes only signed a lucrative contract at Rovers recently, but this is the first time he has been offered top-flight football after previous Championship interest.
Boss Gary Bowyer confirmed news on the bid and admitted the final decision was down to his chiefs in Pune.
Rhodes cost Blackburn £8 million and Huddersfield are due a percentage of any profit. The £10 million deal would help slash the massive annual cost of running Rovers.
Selling their star man would cause a fans revolt, but the money would also help Blackburn get closer to abiding by the Financial Fair Play rules.
Hull are keen on Rhodes as another top target Vicnent Aboubakar is now discussing a move to Porto"TurfMoor Tom

"Hull are to bid £10million for Jordan Rhodes as Steve Bruce hunts for striker to replace Shane Long. Bruce is waiting on an answer from the Lancashire club's Indian owners Venkys to open talks with the striker, but he has been told the figure that makes the move happen. And the Tigers chief has the cash to meet the valuation on the prolific goalscorer who will be willing to step up to the Premier League. Rhodes only signed a lucrative contract at Rovers recently, but this is the first time he has been offered top-flight football after previous Championship interest. Boss Gary Bowyer confirmed news on the bid and admitted the final decision was down to his chiefs in Pune. Rhodes cost Blackburn £8 million and Huddersfield are due a percentage of any profit. The £10 million deal would help slash the massive annual cost of running Rovers. Selling their star man would cause a fans revolt, but the money would also help Blackburn get closer to abiding by the Financial Fair Play rules. Hull are keen on Rhodes as another top target Vicnent Aboubakar is now discussing a move to Porto"

Score: 0

baldie says...11:23pm Thu 21 Aug 14

TurfMoor Tom wrote…

"Hull are to bid £10million for Jordan Rhodes as Steve Bruce hunts for striker to replace Shane Long. Bruce is waiting on an answer from the Lancashire club's Indian owners Venkys to open talks with the striker, but he has been told the figure that makes the move happen. And the Tigers chief has the cash to meet the valuation on the prolific goalscorer who will be willing to step up to the Premier League. Rhodes only signed a lucrative contract at Rovers recently, but this is the first time he has been offered top-flight football after previous Championship interest. Boss Gary Bowyer confirmed news on the bid and admitted the final decision was down to his chiefs in Pune. Rhodes cost Blackburn £8 million and Huddersfield are due a percentage of any profit. The £10 million deal would help slash the massive annual cost of running Rovers. Selling their star man would cause a fans revolt, but the money would also help Blackburn get closer to abiding by the Financial Fair Play rules. Hull are keen on Rhodes as another top target Vicnent Aboubakar is now discussing a move to Porto"

Keep up,Hull have already bid £10 million according to the Hull Daily Mail,it fails to mention,though,that it's £10 million + £4 million in add ons.

[quote][p][bold]TurfMoor Tom[/bold] wrote:
"Hull are to bid £10million for Jordan Rhodes as Steve Bruce hunts for striker to replace Shane Long.
Bruce is waiting on an answer from the Lancashire club's Indian owners Venkys to open talks with the striker, but he has been told the figure that makes the move happen.
And the Tigers chief has the cash to meet the valuation on the prolific goalscorer who will be willing to step up to the Premier League.
Rhodes only signed a lucrative contract at Rovers recently, but this is the first time he has been offered top-flight football after previous Championship interest.
Boss Gary Bowyer confirmed news on the bid and admitted the final decision was down to his chiefs in Pune.
Rhodes cost Blackburn £8 million and Huddersfield are due a percentage of any profit. The £10 million deal would help slash the massive annual cost of running Rovers.
Selling their star man would cause a fans revolt, but the money would also help Blackburn get closer to abiding by the Financial Fair Play rules.
Hull are keen on Rhodes as another top target Vicnent Aboubakar is now discussing a move to Porto"[/p][/quote]Keep up,Hull have already bid £10 million according to the Hull Daily Mail,it fails to mention,though,that it's £10 million + £4 million in add ons.baldie

TurfMoor Tom wrote…

"Hull are to bid £10million for Jordan Rhodes as Steve Bruce hunts for striker to replace Shane Long. Bruce is waiting on an answer from the Lancashire club's Indian owners Venkys to open talks with the striker, but he has been told the figure that makes the move happen. And the Tigers chief has the cash to meet the valuation on the prolific goalscorer who will be willing to step up to the Premier League. Rhodes only signed a lucrative contract at Rovers recently, but this is the first time he has been offered top-flight football after previous Championship interest. Boss Gary Bowyer confirmed news on the bid and admitted the final decision was down to his chiefs in Pune. Rhodes cost Blackburn £8 million and Huddersfield are due a percentage of any profit. The £10 million deal would help slash the massive annual cost of running Rovers. Selling their star man would cause a fans revolt, but the money would also help Blackburn get closer to abiding by the Financial Fair Play rules. Hull are keen on Rhodes as another top target Vicnent Aboubakar is now discussing a move to Porto"

Keep up,Hull have already bid £10 million according to the Hull Daily Mail,it fails to mention,though,that it's £10 million + £4 million in add ons.

Score: 3

AnotherPounding4Burnley says...11:27pm Thu 21 Aug 14

dangerous dave wrote…

Never mind freebie brown in the background onwards and downwards Out with the cowboys and indians

Hello fellow dingle, you having fun as usual?

[quote][p][bold]dangerous dave[/bold] wrote:
Never mind freebie brown in the background onwards and downwards
Out with the cowboys and indians[/p][/quote]Hello fellow dingle, you having fun as usual?AnotherPounding4Burnley

dangerous dave wrote…

Never mind freebie brown in the background onwards and downwards Out with the cowboys and indians

Hello fellow dingle, you having fun as usual?

Score: -5

Warnie says...11:32pm Thu 21 Aug 14

10m plus 1 m add ons. Of course over half of that will be diverted straight to Huddersfield. Well well what did we tell you. With FFP on the horizon something had to give. You cant keep living beyond your means unfortunately. Some day soon reality will finally kick in.

10m plus 1 m add ons. Of course over half of that will be diverted straight to Huddersfield.
Well well what did we tell you. With FFP on the horizon something had to give. You cant keep living beyond your means unfortunately. Some day soon reality will finally kick in.Warnie

10m plus 1 m add ons. Of course over half of that will be diverted straight to Huddersfield. Well well what did we tell you. With FFP on the horizon something had to give. You cant keep living beyond your means unfortunately. Some day soon reality will finally kick in.

"Hull are to bid £10million for Jordan Rhodes as Steve Bruce hunts for striker to replace Shane Long. Bruce is waiting on an answer from the Lancashire club's Indian owners Venkys to open talks with the striker, but he has been told the figure that makes the move happen. And the Tigers chief has the cash to meet the valuation on the prolific goalscorer who will be willing to step up to the Premier League. Rhodes only signed a lucrative contract at Rovers recently, but this is the first time he has been offered top-flight football after previous Championship interest. Boss Gary Bowyer confirmed news on the bid and admitted the final decision was down to his chiefs in Pune. Rhodes cost Blackburn £8 million and Huddersfield are due a percentage of any profit. The £10 million deal would help slash the massive annual cost of running Rovers. Selling their star man would cause a fans revolt, but the money would also help Blackburn get closer to abiding by the Financial Fair Play rules. Hull are keen on Rhodes as another top target Vicnent Aboubakar is now discussing a move to Porto"

Yet another full day spent trawling the site of his teams rivals. Yesterday was the same, and tomorrow will be no different. What a sad, sad **** you are.

[quote][p][bold]TurfMoor Tom[/bold] wrote:
"Hull are to bid £10million for Jordan Rhodes as Steve Bruce hunts for striker to replace Shane Long.
Bruce is waiting on an answer from the Lancashire club's Indian owners Venkys to open talks with the striker, but he has been told the figure that makes the move happen.
And the Tigers chief has the cash to meet the valuation on the prolific goalscorer who will be willing to step up to the Premier League.
Rhodes only signed a lucrative contract at Rovers recently, but this is the first time he has been offered top-flight football after previous Championship interest.
Boss Gary Bowyer confirmed news on the bid and admitted the final decision was down to his chiefs in Pune.
Rhodes cost Blackburn £8 million and Huddersfield are due a percentage of any profit. The £10 million deal would help slash the massive annual cost of running Rovers.
Selling their star man would cause a fans revolt, but the money would also help Blackburn get closer to abiding by the Financial Fair Play rules.
Hull are keen on Rhodes as another top target Vicnent Aboubakar is now discussing a move to Porto"[/p][/quote]Yet another full day spent trawling the site of his teams rivals. Yesterday was the same, and tomorrow will be no different.
What a sad, sad **** you are.Stone Island:

TurfMoor Tom wrote…

"Hull are to bid £10million for Jordan Rhodes as Steve Bruce hunts for striker to replace Shane Long. Bruce is waiting on an answer from the Lancashire club's Indian owners Venkys to open talks with the striker, but he has been told the figure that makes the move happen. And the Tigers chief has the cash to meet the valuation on the prolific goalscorer who will be willing to step up to the Premier League. Rhodes only signed a lucrative contract at Rovers recently, but this is the first time he has been offered top-flight football after previous Championship interest. Boss Gary Bowyer confirmed news on the bid and admitted the final decision was down to his chiefs in Pune. Rhodes cost Blackburn £8 million and Huddersfield are due a percentage of any profit. The £10 million deal would help slash the massive annual cost of running Rovers. Selling their star man would cause a fans revolt, but the money would also help Blackburn get closer to abiding by the Financial Fair Play rules. Hull are keen on Rhodes as another top target Vicnent Aboubakar is now discussing a move to Porto"

Yet another full day spent trawling the site of his teams rivals. Yesterday was the same, and tomorrow will be no different. What a sad, sad **** you are.

10m plus 1 m add ons. Of course over half of that will be diverted straight to Huddersfield. Well well what did we tell you. With FFP on the horizon something had to give. You cant keep living beyond your means unfortunately. Some day soon reality will finally kick in.

Huddersfield are entitled to 20% of any profit Rovers make. We paid £8m, so how will £5m+ go to Huddersfield?

[quote][p][bold]Warnie[/bold] wrote:
10m plus 1 m add ons. Of course over half of that will be diverted straight to Huddersfield.
Well well what did we tell you. With FFP on the horizon something had to give. You cant keep living beyond your means unfortunately. Some day soon reality will finally kick in.[/p][/quote]Huddersfield are entitled to 20% of any profit Rovers make. We paid £8m, so how will £5m+ go to Huddersfield?Stone Island:

Warnie wrote…

10m plus 1 m add ons. Of course over half of that will be diverted straight to Huddersfield. Well well what did we tell you. With FFP on the horizon something had to give. You cant keep living beyond your means unfortunately. Some day soon reality will finally kick in.

Huddersfield are entitled to 20% of any profit Rovers make. We paid £8m, so how will £5m+ go to Huddersfield?

10m plus 1 m add ons. Of course over half of that will be diverted straight to Huddersfield. Well well what did we tell you. With FFP on the horizon something had to give. You cant keep living beyond your means unfortunately. Some day soon reality will finally kick in.

Huddersfield are entitled to 20% of any profit Rovers make. We paid £8m, so how will £5m+ go to Huddersfield?

Because we haven't completed our original staged payments to Huddersfield. Our transfer fee of £8m was accepted with payments made over the course of his original contract which was 4 years, 2012-2016. We have therefore only paid half of what we owe to date. Therefore any cash received will also have to cover our outstanding commitment to Huddersfield Town.

[quote][p][bold]Stone Island:[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]Warnie[/bold] wrote:
10m plus 1 m add ons. Of course over half of that will be diverted straight to Huddersfield.
Well well what did we tell you. With FFP on the horizon something had to give. You cant keep living beyond your means unfortunately. Some day soon reality will finally kick in.[/p][/quote]Huddersfield are entitled to 20% of any profit Rovers make. We paid £8m, so how will £5m+ go to Huddersfield?[/p][/quote]Because we haven't completed our original staged payments to Huddersfield. Our transfer fee of £8m was accepted with payments made over the course of his original contract which was 4 years, 2012-2016. We have therefore only paid half of what we owe to date. Therefore any cash received will also have to cover our outstanding commitment to Huddersfield Town.TurfMoor Tom

Stone Island: wrote…

Warnie wrote…

10m plus 1 m add ons. Of course over half of that will be diverted straight to Huddersfield. Well well what did we tell you. With FFP on the horizon something had to give. You cant keep living beyond your means unfortunately. Some day soon reality will finally kick in.

Huddersfield are entitled to 20% of any profit Rovers make. We paid £8m, so how will £5m+ go to Huddersfield?

Because we haven't completed our original staged payments to Huddersfield. Our transfer fee of £8m was accepted with payments made over the course of his original contract which was 4 years, 2012-2016. We have therefore only paid half of what we owe to date. Therefore any cash received will also have to cover our outstanding commitment to Huddersfield Town.

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Stone Island: says...12:26am Fri 22 Aug 14

TurfMoor Tom wrote…

Stone Island: wrote…

Warnie wrote…

10m plus 1 m add ons. Of course over half of that will be diverted straight to Huddersfield. Well well what did we tell you. With FFP on the horizon something had to give. You cant keep living beyond your means unfortunately. Some day soon reality will finally kick in.

Huddersfield are entitled to 20% of any profit Rovers make. We paid £8m, so how will £5m+ go to Huddersfield?

Because we haven't completed our original staged payments to Huddersfield. Our transfer fee of £8m was accepted with payments made over the course of his original contract which was 4 years, 2012-2016. We have therefore only paid half of what we owe to date. Therefore any cash received will also have to cover our outstanding commitment to Huddersfield Town.

More bull sh*t from the bull sh*t man. You're not related to Steve Kean by any chance, are you?

[quote][p][bold]TurfMoor Tom[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]Stone Island:[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]Warnie[/bold] wrote:
10m plus 1 m add ons. Of course over half of that will be diverted straight to Huddersfield.
Well well what did we tell you. With FFP on the horizon something had to give. You cant keep living beyond your means unfortunately. Some day soon reality will finally kick in.[/p][/quote]Huddersfield are entitled to 20% of any profit Rovers make. We paid £8m, so how will £5m+ go to Huddersfield?[/p][/quote]Because we haven't completed our original staged payments to Huddersfield. Our transfer fee of £8m was accepted with payments made over the course of his original contract which was 4 years, 2012-2016. We have therefore only paid half of what we owe to date. Therefore any cash received will also have to cover our outstanding commitment to Huddersfield Town.[/p][/quote]More bull sh*t from the bull sh*t man. You're not related to Steve Kean by any chance, are you?Stone Island:

TurfMoor Tom wrote…

Stone Island: wrote…

Warnie wrote…

10m plus 1 m add ons. Of course over half of that will be diverted straight to Huddersfield. Well well what did we tell you. With FFP on the horizon something had to give. You cant keep living beyond your means unfortunately. Some day soon reality will finally kick in.

Huddersfield are entitled to 20% of any profit Rovers make. We paid £8m, so how will £5m+ go to Huddersfield?

Because we haven't completed our original staged payments to Huddersfield. Our transfer fee of £8m was accepted with payments made over the course of his original contract which was 4 years, 2012-2016. We have therefore only paid half of what we owe to date. Therefore any cash received will also have to cover our outstanding commitment to Huddersfield Town.

More bull sh*t from the bull sh*t man. You're not related to Steve Kean by any chance, are you?

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noddy57 says...12:32am Fri 22 Aug 14

mammamiauk wrote…

Looks like Rhodes could be off despite signing a new contract at Rovers. All it takes these days is more money in the bank for a player and although Rhodes has reiterated that he is happy at Rovers, he does not have control when it comes to the decision of the club's owners, especially if they wish to cash in.

Contracts are completely useless as we all know. but unless Bruce comes back with 12 million Rhodes is going nowhere .

[quote][p][bold]mammamiauk[/bold] wrote:
Looks like Rhodes could be off despite signing a new contract at Rovers. All it takes these days is more money in the bank for a player and although Rhodes has reiterated that he is happy at Rovers, he does not have control when it comes to the decision of the club's owners, especially if they wish to cash in.[/p][/quote]Contracts are completely useless as we all know. but unless Bruce comes back with 12 million Rhodes is going nowhere .noddy57

mammamiauk wrote…

Looks like Rhodes could be off despite signing a new contract at Rovers. All it takes these days is more money in the bank for a player and although Rhodes has reiterated that he is happy at Rovers, he does not have control when it comes to the decision of the club's owners, especially if they wish to cash in.

Contracts are completely useless as we all know. but unless Bruce comes back with 12 million Rhodes is going nowhere .

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unclejacksblueandwhitearmy says...12:59am Fri 22 Aug 14

The next few days will show whether venkys are true to their word. Either they are 100% behind the management team or they are 100% behind their bank balance. I get the ftp kicks in soon, but without Rhodes we stand less of a chance of promotion and the money venkys will get from promotion is a **** sight more than 8 - 12 million pounds!

The next few days will show whether venkys are true to their word. Either they are 100% behind the management team or they are 100% behind their bank balance. I get the ftp kicks in soon, but without Rhodes we stand less of a chance of promotion and the money venkys will get from promotion is a **** sight more than 8 - 12 million pounds!unclejacksblueandwhitearmy

The next few days will show whether venkys are true to their word. Either they are 100% behind the management team or they are 100% behind their bank balance. I get the ftp kicks in soon, but without Rhodes we stand less of a chance of promotion and the money venkys will get from promotion is a **** sight more than 8 - 12 million pounds!

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jim 2012 says...1:22am Fri 22 Aug 14

Richard Oakley wrote…

@TurfMoor Tom perhaps I am not explaining this clearly to you. FFP restricts the amount the owners can invest not money received from transfers. Transfer money is income. Investment from owners is capital. FFP restricts capital investment. if Rhodes goes, it won't be for less than £20m.

restricting capital investment is anti competitive and against the EU law Foreign direct investment (FDI), including investments which establish or maintain lasting links between a provider of capital (investor) and an enterprise (in effect setting up, taking-over, or acquiring an important stake in a company or institution is not

[quote][p][bold]Richard Oakley[/bold] wrote:
@TurfMoor Tom perhaps I am not explaining this clearly to you. FFP restricts the amount the owners can invest not money received from transfers. Transfer money is income. Investment from owners is capital. FFP restricts capital investment.
if Rhodes goes, it won't be for less than £20m.[/p][/quote]restricting capital investment is anti competitive and against the EU law
Foreign direct investment (FDI), including investments which establish or maintain lasting links between a provider of capital (investor) and an enterprise (in effect setting up, taking-over, or acquiring an important stake in a company or institution is notjim 2012

Richard Oakley wrote…

@TurfMoor Tom perhaps I am not explaining this clearly to you. FFP restricts the amount the owners can invest not money received from transfers. Transfer money is income. Investment from owners is capital. FFP restricts capital investment. if Rhodes goes, it won't be for less than £20m.

restricting capital investment is anti competitive and against the EU law Foreign direct investment (FDI), including investments which establish or maintain lasting links between a provider of capital (investor) and an enterprise (in effect setting up, taking-over, or acquiring an important stake in a company or institution is not

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Blueandwhitewolf says...1:51am Fri 22 Aug 14

Its Only a game boy wrote…

A Darener wrote…

Well at least I have enjoyed 60years of watching the Rovers minus the last 2 of not watching them. It was good whilst it lasted. Never thought I would see them win the top division, but I did. Now the owners are slowly squeezing the life out of the club. It is all downhill. But if they leave then I shall be back, irrespective of what division we are playing in.

For Whom The Bell Tolls

So it's the owners fault that another club has bid for one of our players? HOW DARE THEY!!!! It's not like we have ever put an offer in for a player from another club is it!!

[quote][p][bold]Its Only a game boy[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]A Darener[/bold] wrote:
Well at least I have enjoyed 60years of watching the Rovers minus the last 2 of not watching them. It was good whilst it lasted. Never thought I would see them win the top division, but I did. Now the owners are slowly squeezing the life out of the club. It is all downhill. But if they leave then I shall be back, irrespective of what division we are playing in.[/p][/quote]For Whom The Bell Tolls[/p][/quote]So it's the owners fault that another club has bid for one of our players? HOW DARE THEY!!!! It's not like we have ever put an offer in for a player from another club is it!!Blueandwhitewolf

Its Only a game boy wrote…

A Darener wrote…

Well at least I have enjoyed 60years of watching the Rovers minus the last 2 of not watching them. It was good whilst it lasted. Never thought I would see them win the top division, but I did. Now the owners are slowly squeezing the life out of the club. It is all downhill. But if they leave then I shall be back, irrespective of what division we are playing in.

For Whom The Bell Tolls

So it's the owners fault that another club has bid for one of our players? HOW DARE THEY!!!! It's not like we have ever put an offer in for a player from another club is it!!

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Harwoodstblue says...7:21am Fri 22 Aug 14

claret777 wrote…

Harwoodstblue wrote…

glynners wrote…

claret777 wrote…

jimluftas wrote…

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

Interesting that Bruce has'nt gone for Ings. Says it all really when he could have had him for half the price.

Slight difference......our club have stated he's not for sale...your club have not said that about Rhodes.....thats the difference between big time and heavily in debt.

Don't talk like a fool. A player can force a move no matter what the club says. Ings is still there because no club has made an offer for him. If someone offered to bouble his money do you think for one minute that he would stay at Burnley ? Venkys have said many times " Rhodes is not for sale" and Bruce clearly thinks he's better than Ings, hence he's gone for Rhodes.

[quote][p][bold]claret777[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]Harwoodstblue[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]glynners[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]claret777[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]jimluftas[/bold] wrote:
£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.[/p][/quote]Ha ha ha...here we go....now he's off he's not prem class.... £2 million ? Might buy you Ings shoelace (1)[/p][/quote]£0 will buy the full Ings at the end of the season, dont you worry[/p][/quote]Interesting that Bruce has'nt gone for Ings. Says it all really when he could have had him for half the price.[/p][/quote]Slight difference......our club have stated he's not for sale...your club have not said that about Rhodes.....thats the difference between big time and heavily in debt.[/p][/quote]Don't talk like a fool. A player can force a move no matter what the club says. Ings is still there because no club has made an offer for him. If someone offered to bouble his money do you think for one minute that he would stay at Burnley ?
Venkys have said many times " Rhodes is not for sale" and Bruce clearly thinks he's better than Ings, hence he's gone for Rhodes.Harwoodstblue

claret777 wrote…

Harwoodstblue wrote…

glynners wrote…

claret777 wrote…

jimluftas wrote…

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

Interesting that Bruce has'nt gone for Ings. Says it all really when he could have had him for half the price.

Slight difference......our club have stated he's not for sale...your club have not said that about Rhodes.....thats the difference between big time and heavily in debt.

Don't talk like a fool. A player can force a move no matter what the club says. Ings is still there because no club has made an offer for him. If someone offered to bouble his money do you think for one minute that he would stay at Burnley ? Venkys have said many times " Rhodes is not for sale" and Bruce clearly thinks he's better than Ings, hence he's gone for Rhodes.

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harwoodblue says...7:21am Fri 22 Aug 14

claret777 wrote…

jimluftas wrote…

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

Get ings for free when his contract runs out and he leaves for nothing.

[quote][p][bold]claret777[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]jimluftas[/bold] wrote:
£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.[/p][/quote]Ha ha ha...here we go....now he's off he's not prem class.... £2 million ? Might buy you Ings shoelace (1)[/p][/quote]Get ings for free when his contract runs out and he leaves for nothing.harwoodblue

claret777 wrote…

jimluftas wrote…

£12 million and he can go. Definitely not prem class. As long as bowyer gets £2 million to strengthen we'll be ok.

Get ings for free when his contract runs out and he leaves for nothing.

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bburnrover says...7:41am Fri 22 Aug 14

Agnew former rover is the asst manager of Hull City so he may already have spoken to Jordan regarding this move -it happens in football.

Agnew former rover is the asst manager of Hull City so he may already have spoken to Jordan regarding this move -it happens in football.bburnrover

Agnew former rover is the asst manager of Hull City so he may already have spoken to Jordan regarding this move -it happens in football.

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French Rover says...8:37am Fri 22 Aug 14

baldie wrote…

French Rover wrote…

milnrow claret wrote…

Hard to tell the real fan reactions from the trolls these days. Honest unbiased (as possible) view on it is: At 12 million plus the wages he is on you'll be able to get two or three quality players in. I'd say it's a good deal if GB has a plan in place and has his eyes on a few players. You might struggle to make the signings happen in time for the window closing but you'll almost break even on a player who has given a lot to the club since arriving

Fair comments MC. Most football fans would acknowledge the fact that decent strikers who can `consistently` get you 20 + goals a season are a very rare commodity these days. If you do find one (like Rhodes) then you are only going to have him for a short time, even if you are a Man United or an Arsenal! You just have to enjoy the goals he scores for your team whilst he is at your club and then wish him well in the future when he moves on. Rhodes has done this at all the different levels that he has played at in his career to date - plus he has sound International experience. I am just surprised he even started the season with us to be honest. Yes we will sorely miss the 20 plus goals he would have undeniably have scored for us this season, but Rovers have to manage this and get a decent replacement in. His departure was probably in the Rovers directors minds when they got Rhodes to sign the long contract a few weeks ago, at least this will ensure we get top dollar for him when he does go. I don`t think he will go cheaply though, 12 million will be the bottom line, (plus add-ons) especially when you see that Hull sold Shane Long for that price. I know that Jordan Rhodes is a much, much better striker than Long, and I think Bruce knows that as well....

Rovers hold all the aces on this one Frenchy.as you say.Our neighbours laughed when they gave him a new contract,but it just goes to show that investment in the right player is money well spent.We wouldn't want one of our main men walking away for free next summer. Interesting,though,t hat we hadn't heard anything about this until last night/today. If the player wants to push a move through,then you normally hear about it beforehand.That would suggest to me that this is a genuine bid from the Hull side. I sincerely hope that Rhodes wants to stay.Nobody seems to have considered that he may not want to move.Here's hoping eh?

You may be right about him not pushing for a move Baldie, but now that Hull have made a bid then it would be hard for his head not to be turned by a move to the Premiership. Hull may not be a Chelsea or a Man United - but then its unlikely that any of the big six teams would go for a championship striker albeit a British one. Hull may be a good option for Rhodes and 12 million may be just right for us...

[quote][p][bold]baldie[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]French Rover[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]milnrow claret[/bold] wrote:
Hard to tell the real fan reactions from the trolls these days. Honest unbiased (as possible) view on it is:
At 12 million plus the wages he is on you'll be able to get two or three quality players in. I'd say it's a good deal if GB has a plan in place and has his eyes on a few players. You might struggle to make the signings happen in time for the window closing but you'll almost break even on a player who has given a lot to the club since arriving[/p][/quote]Fair comments MC. Most football fans would acknowledge the fact that decent strikers who can `consistently` get you 20 + goals a season are a very rare commodity these days.
If you do find one (like Rhodes) then you are only going to have him for a short time, even if you are a Man United or an Arsenal! You just have to enjoy the goals he scores for your team whilst he is at your club and then wish him well in the future when he moves on.
Rhodes has done this at all the different levels that he has played at in his career to date - plus he has sound International experience. I am just surprised he even started the season with us to be honest.
Yes we will sorely miss the 20 plus goals he would have undeniably have scored for us this season, but Rovers have to manage this and get a decent replacement in.
His departure was probably in the Rovers directors minds when they got Rhodes to sign the long contract a few weeks ago, at least this will ensure we get top dollar for him when he does go.
I don`t think he will go cheaply though, 12 million will be the bottom line, (plus add-ons) especially when you see that Hull sold Shane Long for that price. I know that Jordan Rhodes is a much, much better striker than Long, and I think Bruce knows that as well....[/p][/quote]Rovers hold all the aces on this one Frenchy.as you say.Our neighbours laughed when they gave him a new contract,but it just goes to show that investment in the right player is money well spent.We wouldn't want one of our main men walking away for free next summer.
Interesting,though,t
hat we hadn't heard anything about this until last night/today.
If the player wants to push a move through,then you normally hear about it beforehand.That would suggest to me that this is a genuine bid from the Hull side.
I sincerely hope that Rhodes wants to stay.Nobody seems to have considered that he may not want to move.Here's hoping eh?[/p][/quote]You may be right about him not pushing for a move Baldie, but now that Hull have made a bid then it would be hard for his head not to be turned by a move to the Premiership.
Hull may not be a Chelsea or a Man United - but then its unlikely that any of the big six teams would go for a championship striker albeit a British one.
Hull may be a good option for Rhodes and 12 million may be just right for us...French Rover

baldie wrote…

French Rover wrote…

milnrow claret wrote…

Hard to tell the real fan reactions from the trolls these days. Honest unbiased (as possible) view on it is: At 12 million plus the wages he is on you'll be able to get two or three quality players in. I'd say it's a good deal if GB has a plan in place and has his eyes on a few players. You might struggle to make the signings happen in time for the window closing but you'll almost break even on a player who has given a lot to the club since arriving

Fair comments MC. Most football fans would acknowledge the fact that decent strikers who can `consistently` get you 20 + goals a season are a very rare commodity these days. If you do find one (like Rhodes) then you are only going to have him for a short time, even if you are a Man United or an Arsenal! You just have to enjoy the goals he scores for your team whilst he is at your club and then wish him well in the future when he moves on. Rhodes has done this at all the different levels that he has played at in his career to date - plus he has sound International experience. I am just surprised he even started the season with us to be honest. Yes we will sorely miss the 20 plus goals he would have undeniably have scored for us this season, but Rovers have to manage this and get a decent replacement in. His departure was probably in the Rovers directors minds when they got Rhodes to sign the long contract a few weeks ago, at least this will ensure we get top dollar for him when he does go. I don`t think he will go cheaply though, 12 million will be the bottom line, (plus add-ons) especially when you see that Hull sold Shane Long for that price. I know that Jordan Rhodes is a much, much better striker than Long, and I think Bruce knows that as well....

Rovers hold all the aces on this one Frenchy.as you say.Our neighbours laughed when they gave him a new contract,but it just goes to show that investment in the right player is money well spent.We wouldn't want one of our main men walking away for free next summer. Interesting,though,t hat we hadn't heard anything about this until last night/today. If the player wants to push a move through,then you normally hear about it beforehand.That would suggest to me that this is a genuine bid from the Hull side. I sincerely hope that Rhodes wants to stay.Nobody seems to have considered that he may not want to move.Here's hoping eh?

You may be right about him not pushing for a move Baldie, but now that Hull have made a bid then it would be hard for his head not to be turned by a move to the Premiership. Hull may not be a Chelsea or a Man United - but then its unlikely that any of the big six teams would go for a championship striker albeit a British one. Hull may be a good option for Rhodes and 12 million may be just right for us...

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painterman1060 says...9:01am Fri 22 Aug 14

mammamiauk wrote…

Looks like Rhodes could be off despite signing a new contract at Rovers. All it takes these days is more money in the bank for a player and although Rhodes has reiterated that he is happy at Rovers, he does not have control when it comes to the decision of the club's owners, especially if they wish to cash in.

Good luck to Jordan if he goes can't blame him .ill eat hay if venkys don't cash in good bye mr roads you did your bit for the club a change will be good for you .Roger will not get to the premier level again so good luck to you man

[quote][p][bold]mammamiauk[/bold] wrote:
Looks like Rhodes could be off despite signing a new contract at Rovers. All it takes these days is more money in the bank for a player and although Rhodes has reiterated that he is happy at Rovers, he does not have control when it comes to the decision of the club's owners, especially if they wish to cash in.[/p][/quote]Good luck to Jordan if he goes can't blame him .ill eat hay if venkys don't cash in good bye mr roads you did your bit for the club a change will be good for you .Roger will not get to the premier level again so good luck to you manpainterman1060

mammamiauk wrote…

Looks like Rhodes could be off despite signing a new contract at Rovers. All it takes these days is more money in the bank for a player and although Rhodes has reiterated that he is happy at Rovers, he does not have control when it comes to the decision of the club's owners, especially if they wish to cash in.

Good luck to Jordan if he goes can't blame him .ill eat hay if venkys don't cash in good bye mr roads you did your bit for the club a change will be good for you .Roger will not get to the premier level again so good luck to you man

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painterman1060 says...9:09am Fri 22 Aug 14

painterman1060 wrote…

mammamiauk wrote…

Looks like Rhodes could be off despite signing a new contract at Rovers. All it takes these days is more money in the bank for a player and although Rhodes has reiterated that he is happy at Rovers, he does not have control when it comes to the decision of the club's owners, especially if they wish to cash in.

Good luck to Jordan if he goes can't blame him .ill eat hay if venkys don't cash in good bye mr roads you did your bit for the club a change will be good for you .Roger will not get to the premier level again so good luck to you man

Even tho venkys have not gelled with the fans .don't forget they bought the club after no one wanted to .and spent money to .Rovers would prob be in lower div by now if they had not stepped in .so give them some credit at least

[quote][p][bold]painterman1060[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]mammamiauk[/bold] wrote:
Looks like Rhodes could be off despite signing a new contract at Rovers. All it takes these days is more money in the bank for a player and although Rhodes has reiterated that he is happy at Rovers, he does not have control when it comes to the decision of the club's owners, especially if they wish to cash in.[/p][/quote]Good luck to Jordan if he goes can't blame him .ill eat hay if venkys don't cash in good bye mr roads you did your bit for the club a change will be good for you .Roger will not get to the premier level again so good luck to you man[/p][/quote]Even tho venkys have not gelled with the fans .don't forget they bought the club after no one wanted to .and spent money to .Rovers would prob be in lower div by now if they had not stepped in .so give them some credit at leastpainterman1060

painterman1060 wrote…

mammamiauk wrote…

Looks like Rhodes could be off despite signing a new contract at Rovers. All it takes these days is more money in the bank for a player and although Rhodes has reiterated that he is happy at Rovers, he does not have control when it comes to the decision of the club's owners, especially if they wish to cash in.

Good luck to Jordan if he goes can't blame him .ill eat hay if venkys don't cash in good bye mr roads you did your bit for the club a change will be good for you .Roger will not get to the premier level again so good luck to you man

Even tho venkys have not gelled with the fans .don't forget they bought the club after no one wanted to .and spent money to .Rovers would prob be in lower div by now if they had not stepped in .so give them some credit at least

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painterman1060 says...9:09am Fri 22 Aug 14

painterman1060 wrote…

mammamiauk wrote…

Looks like Rhodes could be off despite signing a new contract at Rovers. All it takes these days is more money in the bank for a player and although Rhodes has reiterated that he is happy at Rovers, he does not have control when it comes to the decision of the club's owners, especially if they wish to cash in.

Good luck to Jordan if he goes can't blame him .ill eat hay if venkys don't cash in good bye mr roads you did your bit for the club a change will be good for you .Roger will not get to the premier level again so good luck to you man

Even tho venkys have not gelled with the fans .don't forget they bought the club after no one wanted to .and spent money to .Rovers would prob be in lower div by now if they had not stepped in .so give them some credit at least

[quote][p][bold]painterman1060[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]mammamiauk[/bold] wrote:
Looks like Rhodes could be off despite signing a new contract at Rovers. All it takes these days is more money in the bank for a player and although Rhodes has reiterated that he is happy at Rovers, he does not have control when it comes to the decision of the club's owners, especially if they wish to cash in.[/p][/quote]Good luck to Jordan if he goes can't blame him .ill eat hay if venkys don't cash in good bye mr roads you did your bit for the club a change will be good for you .Roger will not get to the premier level again so good luck to you man[/p][/quote]Even tho venkys have not gelled with the fans .don't forget they bought the club after no one wanted to .and spent money to .Rovers would prob be in lower div by now if they had not stepped in .so give them some credit at leastpainterman1060

painterman1060 wrote…

mammamiauk wrote…

Looks like Rhodes could be off despite signing a new contract at Rovers. All it takes these days is more money in the bank for a player and although Rhodes has reiterated that he is happy at Rovers, he does not have control when it comes to the decision of the club's owners, especially if they wish to cash in.

Good luck to Jordan if he goes can't blame him .ill eat hay if venkys don't cash in good bye mr roads you did your bit for the club a change will be good for you .Roger will not get to the premier level again so good luck to you man

Even tho venkys have not gelled with the fans .don't forget they bought the club after no one wanted to .and spent money to .Rovers would prob be in lower div by now if they had not stepped in .so give them some credit at least

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Stone Island: says...9:20am Fri 22 Aug 14

painterman1060 wrote…

painterman1060 wrote…

mammamiauk wrote…

Looks like Rhodes could be off despite signing a new contract at Rovers. All it takes these days is more money in the bank for a player and although Rhodes has reiterated that he is happy at Rovers, he does not have control when it comes to the decision of the club's owners, especially if they wish to cash in.

Good luck to Jordan if he goes can't blame him .ill eat hay if venkys don't cash in good bye mr roads you did your bit for the club a change will be good for you .Roger will not get to the premier level again so good luck to you man

Even tho venkys have not gelled with the fans .don't forget they bought the club after no one wanted to .and spent money to .Rovers would prob be in lower div by now if they had not stepped in .so give them some credit at least

Venky's are scum.

[quote][p][bold]painterman1060[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]painterman1060[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]mammamiauk[/bold] wrote:
Looks like Rhodes could be off despite signing a new contract at Rovers. All it takes these days is more money in the bank for a player and although Rhodes has reiterated that he is happy at Rovers, he does not have control when it comes to the decision of the club's owners, especially if they wish to cash in.[/p][/quote]Good luck to Jordan if he goes can't blame him .ill eat hay if venkys don't cash in good bye mr roads you did your bit for the club a change will be good for you .Roger will not get to the premier level again so good luck to you man[/p][/quote]Even tho venkys have not gelled with the fans .don't forget they bought the club after no one wanted to .and spent money to .Rovers would prob be in lower div by now if they had not stepped in .so give them some credit at least[/p][/quote]Venky's are scum.Stone Island:

painterman1060 wrote…

painterman1060 wrote…

mammamiauk wrote…

Looks like Rhodes could be off despite signing a new contract at Rovers. All it takes these days is more money in the bank for a player and although Rhodes has reiterated that he is happy at Rovers, he does not have control when it comes to the decision of the club's owners, especially if they wish to cash in.

Good luck to Jordan if he goes can't blame him .ill eat hay if venkys don't cash in good bye mr roads you did your bit for the club a change will be good for you .Roger will not get to the premier level again so good luck to you man

Even tho venkys have not gelled with the fans .don't forget they bought the club after no one wanted to .and spent money to .Rovers would prob be in lower div by now if they had not stepped in .so give them some credit at least

Venky's are scum.

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TurfMoor Tom says...9:21am Fri 22 Aug 14

"Even tho venkys have not gelled with the fans .don't forget they bought the club after no one wanted to .and spent money to .Rovers would prob be in lower div by now if they had not stepped in .so give them some credit at least" Yes, they have been wonderful for us. We were 10th in the Premier League, we're now grateful to be mid-table in the second division. What a moron.

"Even tho venkys have not gelled with the fans .don't forget they bought the club after no one wanted to .and spent money to .Rovers would prob be in lower div by now if they had not stepped in .so give them some credit at least"
Yes, they have been wonderful for us. We were 10th in the Premier League, we're now grateful to be mid-table in the second division.
What a moron.TurfMoor Tom

"Even tho venkys have not gelled with the fans .don't forget they bought the club after no one wanted to .and spent money to .Rovers would prob be in lower div by now if they had not stepped in .so give them some credit at least" Yes, they have been wonderful for us. We were 10th in the Premier League, we're now grateful to be mid-table in the second division. What a moron.

[quote][p][bold]DoggydogNo1[/bold] wrote:
Even yer striker wants away! Notice he has kept quiet! Going down! Goodbye Rovers! It dont matter wot ya get for him! FFP will kill you off! Before ya post it, i aint a dingle fan neither![/p][/quote]Is anyone able to translate this into English ?Crazy times

Looks like Rhodes could be off despite signing a new contract at Rovers. All it takes these days is more money in the bank for a player and although Rhodes has reiterated that he is happy at Rovers, he does not have control when it comes to the decision of the club's owners, especially if they wish to cash in.

Good luck to Jordan if he goes can't blame him .ill eat hay if venkys don't cash in good bye mr roads you did your bit for the club a change will be good for you .Roger will not get to the premier level again so good luck to you man

Even tho venkys have not gelled with the fans .don't forget they bought the club after no one wanted to .and spent money to .Rovers would prob be in lower div by now if they had not stepped in .so give them some credit at least

Are you for real? Either through ignorance, incompetence or malpractice over the last 4 years the venkey's have managed what burnley fans could only dream of!!

[quote][p][bold]painterman1060[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]painterman1060[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]mammamiauk[/bold] wrote:
Looks like Rhodes could be off despite signing a new contract at Rovers. All it takes these days is more money in the bank for a player and although Rhodes has reiterated that he is happy at Rovers, he does not have control when it comes to the decision of the club's owners, especially if they wish to cash in.[/p][/quote]Good luck to Jordan if he goes can't blame him .ill eat hay if venkys don't cash in good bye mr roads you did your bit for the club a change will be good for you .Roger will not get to the premier level again so good luck to you man[/p][/quote]Even tho venkys have not gelled with the fans .don't forget they bought the club after no one wanted to .and spent money to .Rovers would prob be in lower div by now if they had not stepped in .so give them some credit at least[/p][/quote]Are you for real? Either through ignorance, incompetence or malpractice over the last 4 years the venkey's have managed what burnley fans could only dream of!!Crazy times

painterman1060 wrote…

painterman1060 wrote…

mammamiauk wrote…

Looks like Rhodes could be off despite signing a new contract at Rovers. All it takes these days is more money in the bank for a player and although Rhodes has reiterated that he is happy at Rovers, he does not have control when it comes to the decision of the club's owners, especially if they wish to cash in.

Good luck to Jordan if he goes can't blame him .ill eat hay if venkys don't cash in good bye mr roads you did your bit for the club a change will be good for you .Roger will not get to the premier level again so good luck to you man

Even tho venkys have not gelled with the fans .don't forget they bought the club after no one wanted to .and spent money to .Rovers would prob be in lower div by now if they had not stepped in .so give them some credit at least

Are you for real? Either through ignorance, incompetence or malpractice over the last 4 years the venkey's have managed what burnley fans could only dream of!!

Score: 1

MatthewCA says...8:36pm Thu 28 Aug 14

Steve always play good drama, In this game he lost a good striker and he earn cash. Steve is still the winner.......:)) Can Steve name "who said Jordan is for sale from rovers club"

Steve always play good drama, In this game he lost a good striker and he earn cash.
Steve is still the winner.......:)) Can Steve name "who said Jordan is for sale from rovers club"MatthewCA

Steve always play good drama, In this game he lost a good striker and he earn cash. Steve is still the winner.......:)) Can Steve name "who said Jordan is for sale from rovers club"

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